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28806

43,433 Population
38.1 square miles 1,138.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.2 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 44 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$34,589 ±$1,846 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
$63,273 ±$5,352 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: $71,838 ±$1,824
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

15.1% ±3% (6,460  ±1,321) 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)

20.9 minutes ±3 (377,535  ±38,399) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 22.1 3,608,760 (±0.3 / ±87,145)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

16,604 ±1,010 Number of households
  • the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 161,264 ±2,288
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.6 ±0.2 (42,755  ±2,553) 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

4.9% ±3.4% (598  ±416) 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)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

22,031 ±802 Number of housing units
  • the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 203,883 ±120
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$359,200 ±$16,971 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: $370,900 ±$5,777
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

12.3% ±2.5% (5,276  ±1,110.4) 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

91.1% ±7.7% (28,590  ±1,661.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as 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)
45.7% ±2.3% (14,326  ±1,133.9) 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

8% ±1.4% (3,455  ±639) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 6.9% 28,629
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

4.8% ±1.3% (1,650  ±449) 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 two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
1,650 Total veterans ±449 1,534 Male ±426 116 Female ±93

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