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28792

36,645 Population
102.9 square miles 356.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.7 ±1.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 44 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$33,031 ±$2,099 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: $42,135 ±$973
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$55,522 ±$4,662 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

15.7% ±3% (5,676  ±1,114) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 11.8% 47,729 (±0.8% / ±3,067)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

21.8 minutes ±1 (336,815  ±31,377) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 22.1 3,608,760 (±0.3 / ±87,145)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

16,171 ±738 Number of households
  • the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 161,264 ±2,288
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.2 ±0 (36,182  ±1,749) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 2.5 404,985 (±0 / ±94)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

4.7% ±2.2% (360  ±173) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 4.3% † 3,899 (±0.8% / ±747)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

18,366 ±747 Number of housing units
  • the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 203,883 ±120
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$278,500 ±$18,585 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: $370,900 ±$5,777
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

10% ±1.9% (3,634  ±722.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 10.7% 44,085 (±0.6% / ±2,476.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

88.5% ±2.8% (23,918  ±1,287.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 92.2% 285,610 (±1.5% / ±4,557.2)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
27.6% ±1.7% (7,453  ±567.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 42.5% 131,662 (±1% / ±3,117.3)
  • about three-quarters 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

10.6% ±1.7% (3,900  ±631) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 6.9% 28,629
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

6.8% ±1% (2,002  ±318) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 6.8% 23,216 (±0.4% / ±1,226)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
2,002 Total veterans ±318 1,904 Male ±300 98 Female ±63

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