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Asheville, NC Urban Area

294,013 Population
248.6 square miles 1,182.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.1 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$38,501 ±$1,836 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$66,525 ±$3,501 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

13.2% ±2.1% (37,889  ±5,981) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

20.4 minutes ±0.8 (2,332,880  ±163,568) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

115,838 ±3,715 Number of households
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.5 ±0.1 (286,541  ±8,307) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

3.8% ±1.9% (2,587  ±1,296) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

143,266 ±3,196 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$363,200 ±$10,566 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

12.1% ±1.6% (35,226  ±4,860.4) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

91.6% ±2.7% (198,949  ±7,958.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
45.4% ±2% (98,544  ±5,155.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

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

8% ±1.4% (23,566  ±4,100) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

6.4% ±0.7% (15,413  ±1,839) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
15,413 Total veterans ±1,839 13,981 Male ±1,721 1,432 Female ±488

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