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Fruitland, NC

2,417 Population
8 square miles 300.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.3 ±3 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 43.8 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$30,132 ±$6,349 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: $39,959 ±$714
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$46,113 ±$7,316 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: $69,236 ±$1,507
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

11.3% ±7.9% (271  ±197) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 11.7% 47,116 (±0.7% / ±2,892)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

20.9 minutes ±8.5 (23,200  ±6,271) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 21.8 3,616,515 (±0.3 / ±80,052)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

1,113 ±245 Number of households
  • the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 161,494 ±2,065
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.2 ±0.6 (2,395  ±486) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 2.5 401,228 (±0 / ±108)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

3.1% ±3.5% (16  ±19) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 4.5% † 4,058 (±0.8% / ±677)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

1,354 ±256 Number of housing units
  • the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 200,730 ±174
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$136,500 ±$43,252 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: $338,400 ±$5,920
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

8% ±4.3% (192  ±110.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 11.3% 45,929 (±0.6% / ±2,461.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

81.7% ±24.4% (1,547  ±319.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 91.9% 280,709 (±1.5% / ±4,448.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
22.6% ±5% (428  ±132.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 41.2% 125,874 (±1% / ±3,002.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

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

4.5% ±4.3% (108  ±105) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 6.9% 28,423
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

4% ±2.7% (82  ±58) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 7.2% 24,132 (±0.4% / ±1,283)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
82 Total veterans ±58 82 Male ±58 N/A Female ±14

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