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Asheville, NC Urban Area

295,184 Population
248.6 square miles 1,187.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.6 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$44,680 ±$2,454 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$78,355 ±$4,522 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

11.9% ±1.9% (34,242  ±5,679) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

21.6 minutes ±1.2 (2,554,815  ±207,611) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

114,279 ±4,556 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0.1 (287,830  ±8,405) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.1% ±1.9% (2,762  ±1,295) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

149,317 ±3,155 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$434,400 ±$16,257 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

10.4% ±1.6% (30,547  ±4,704.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

93.7% ±3.4% (207,402  ±8,984) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
46.6% ±2.4% (103,239  ±5,946.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

8.1% ±1.4% (23,818  ±4,198) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.9% ±0.8% (14,374  ±1,988) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
14,374 Total veterans ±1,988 13,369 Male ±1,947 1,005 Female ±559

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