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28726

4,363 Population
2.5 square miles 1,767.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.3 ±4.4 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 44 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$22,937 ±$5,190 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: $42,135 ±$973
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$54,152 ±$6,943 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: $71,838 ±$1,824
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

15.9% ±9.8% (685  ±437) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 11.8% 47,729 (±0.8% / ±3,067)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

18.1 minutes ±1.3 (31,270  ±6,513) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 22.1 3,608,760 (±0.3 / ±87,145)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

1,539 ±178 Number of households
  • the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 161,264 ±2,288
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.8 ±0.3 (4,309  ±707) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 2.5 404,985 (±0 / ±94)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

10% ±8.9% (129  ±119) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 4.3% † 3,899 (±0.8% / ±747)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

1,549 ±176 Number of housing units
  • the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 203,883 ±120
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$198,400 ±$93,210 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: $370,900 ±$5,777
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

12% ±7.2% (517  ±322.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 10.7% 44,085 (±0.6% / ±2,476.2)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

77.7% ±8.3% (2,132  ±370.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 92.2% 285,610 (±1.5% / ±4,557.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
9.1% ±4.6% (249  ±131.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 42.5% 131,662 (±1% / ±3,117.3)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)

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

18.8% ±6.8% (820  ±324) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 6.9% 28,629
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

4.5% ±2% (137  ±64) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 6.8% 23,216 (±0.4% / ±1,226)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
137 Total veterans ±64 127 Male ±62 10 Female ±16

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