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28730

7,605 Population
45.3 square miles 167.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.5 ±4.7 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 44 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$51,781 ±$8,777 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: $42,135 ±$973
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$102,900 ±$16,746 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: $71,838 ±$1,824
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

12.8% ±7.8% (956  ±605) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 11.8% 47,729 (±0.8% / ±3,067)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

25.2 minutes ±8.7 (69,465  ±15,264) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 22.1 3,608,760 (±0.3 / ±87,145)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

2,981 ±437 Number of households
  • the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 161,264 ±2,288
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.5 ±0.2 (7,500  ±1,207) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 2.5 404,985 (±0 / ±94)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

4,134 ±467 Number of housing units
  • the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 203,883 ±120
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$433,300 ±$64,709 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: $370,900 ±$5,777
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

7.7% ±3.6% (581  ±285.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 10.7% 44,085 (±0.6% / ±2,476.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

95.7% ±18.8% (5,436  ±724.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 92.2% 285,610 (±1.5% / ±4,557.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
47.6% ±5.4% (2,707  ±498.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 42.5% 131,662 (±1% / ±3,117.3)
  • about 1.3 times 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

3.7% ±2.2% (283  ±174) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 6.9% 28,629
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

7.7% ±2.5% (481  ±169) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 6.8% 23,216 (±0.4% / ±1,226)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
481 Total veterans ±169 481 Male ±169 N/A Female ±19

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