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Asheville, NC

95,053 Population
45.5 square miles 2,090.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.3 ±2.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 43.9 ±0.5
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.4 ±0.2

Economics

$41,218 ±$3,263 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: $40,166 ±$1,970
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $40,414 ±$304
$66,032 ±$9,283 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: $67,837 ±$4,601
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $70,804 ±$547

17.9% ±4.7% (16,502  ±4,294) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 12.3% † 50,342 (±2% / ±8,080)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.8% 1,349,302 (±0.4% / ±38,975)

17.7 minutes ±0.4 (706,500  ±32,244) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 21.9 4,240,870 (±0.4 / ±99,556)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in North Carolina: 25 107,793,970 (±0.1 / ±494,298)

Families

39,811 ±2,602 Number of households
  • the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 164,757 ±4,311
  • North Carolina: 4,392,669 ±15,675
2.3 ±0.2 (91,427  ±159) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 2.5 406,943 (±0.1 / ±191)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 † 10,553,524 (±,126.5 / ±-555,555,600)

2.6% ±1.3% (611  ±312) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 4.1% † 3,827 (±1.2% / ±1,087)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 131,195 (±0.3% / ±6,584)

Housing

53,772 ±2,694 Number of housing units
  • the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 208,385 ±1,148
  • North Carolina: 4,979,177 ±649

$465,800 ±$30,989 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: $398,500 ±$14,581
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $308,600 ±$2,699

15.7% ±3.7% (14,765  ±3,450.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 10.6% † 43,589 (±1.2% / ±5,062.3)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.9% 1,383,380 (±0.3% / ±36,128.5)

Social

94.5% ±6% (67,204  ±5,115.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 92.9% 289,902 (±3.1% / ±9,770)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.6% 6,781,696 (±0.6% / ±42,618.6)
55.6% ±4.7% (39,512  ±3,735.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 44.7% 139,481 (±2.1% / ±6,607.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 36.8% 2,754,921 (±0.3% / ±25,659.9)

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

5% ±1.6% (4,713  ±1,553) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 6.9% † 28,937 (±9,236.1% / ±3,421)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 9.2% † 995,127 (±,470.9% / ±22,367)

5.7% ±2.4% (4,518  ±1,944) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 7.1% † 24,405 (±1% / ±3,366)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 7.3% 615,440 (±0.1% / ±12,013)
4,518 Total veterans ±1,944 4,064 Male ±1,936 454 Female ±260

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