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Asheville, NC (North Carolina) Houses and Residents

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $410,200 (it was $105,200 in 2000)
Asheville:

$410,200
North Carolina:

$280,600
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $313,900 - $694,700

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $534,711
Here:

$534,711
State:

$375,326

Townhouses or other attached units: $325,800
Here:

$325,800
State:

$317,935

In 2-unit structures: $576,220
Here:

$576,220
State:

$250,488

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $505,131
Here:

$505,131
State:

$254,939

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $914,664
Here:

$914,664
State:

$329,290

Mobile homes: $66,554
Here:

$66,554
State:

$124,933

Total population: 87,882 (Urban population: 68,839, Rural population: 113 (all nonfarm))

Houses: 49,011 (37,410 occupied: 18,816 owner occupied, 18,594 renter occupied)

% of renters here:

50%
State:

33%

Housing density: 1,198 houses/condos per square mile

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $696,090.

Median contract rent in 2022: $1,132 (lower quartile is $815, upper quartile is $1,525)


Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $1,625


Median gross rent in Asheville, NC in 2022: $1,290

Housing units in Asheville with a mortgage: 11,113 (1,162 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 1,162 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 378

Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $112,815

Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $63,311

Median monthly housing costs: $1,290

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Asheville, North Carolina Age and Sex of Residents
Median year house/condo built: 1977

Median year apartment built: 1984

Household type by relationship:

Households: 93,782
  • Male householders: 16,744 (4,948 living alone), Female householders: 20,666 (7,684 living alone)
  • 13,376 spouses (13,032 opposite-sex spouses), 2,933 unmarried partners, (2,623 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 21,857 children (20,130 natural, 645 adopted, 1,082 stepchildren), 1,528 grandchildren, 905 brothers or sisters, 1,514 parents, 0 foster children, 2,040 other relatives, 8,596 non-relatives
  • In group quarters: 3,623

Size of family households: 10,478 2-persons, 5,040 3-persons, 2,550 4-persons, 1,422 5-persons, 59 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 12,632 1-person, 4,984 2-persons, 196 3-persons, 49 4-persons.

6,315 married couples with children.
7,089 single-parent households (449 men, 6,640 women).

90.5% of residents of Asheville speak English at home.
5.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (43% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 29% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
2.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (58% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 15% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (71% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (60% speak English very well, 40% speak English well).

Foreign born population: 6,413 (6.8%)
(74.3% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:

6.5
State:

6.4

Median number of rooms in apartments
Here:

4.0
State:

4.4

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Asheville, North Carolina
  • Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Asheville, North Carolina
  • 45no bedroom
  • 1521 bedroom
  • 4,2402 bedrooms
  • 9,1973 bedrooms
  • 4,0604 bedrooms
  • 1,1225+ bedrooms
Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Asheville, North Carolina
  • Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Asheville, North Carolina
  • 1,963no bedroom
  • 4,0501 bedroom
  • 7,4412 bedrooms
  • 4,4523 bedrooms
  • 5664 bedrooms
  • 1225+ bedrooms
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Cars and other vehicles available in Asheville in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Asheville in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • 304no vehicle
  • 6,5331 vehicle
  • 7,8422 vehicles
  • 3,0593 vehicles
  • 8444 vehicles
  • 2345+ vehicles
Cars and other vehicles available in Asheville in renter-occupied apartments
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Asheville in renter-occupied apartments
  • 2,035no vehicle
  • 10,3021 vehicle
  • 5,6982 vehicles
  • 4973 vehicles
  • 624 vehicles
  • 05+ vehicles
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Asheville, North Carolina
  • Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Asheville, North Carolina
  • 451 room
  • 652 rooms
  • 5083 rooms
  • 1,7714 rooms
  • 3,0355 rooms
  • 4,0816 rooms
  • 3,3647 rooms
  • 2,2808 rooms
  • 3,6679+ rooms
Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Asheville, North Carolina
  • Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Asheville, North Carolina
  • 1,7441 room
  • 2,0852 rooms
  • 3,0253 rooms
  • 4,6814 rooms
  • 2,6505 rooms
  • 3,0716 rooms
  • 4177 rooms
  • 5828 rooms
  • 3399+ rooms
Year house built
Median 2022 house/condo value by year built
Median house/condo value by year householder moved into unit
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
Owners and renters by unit type in Asheville, NC
  • Asheville, NC household income distribution

  • Distribution of median household income in Asheville, NC in 2022
  • 2,648Less than $10,000
  • 2,705$10,000 to $19,999
  • 3,094$20,000 to $29,999
  • 2,962$30,000 to $39,999
  • 3,676$40,000 to $49,999
  • 2,455$50,000 to $59,999
  • 4,306$60,000 to $74,999
  • 4,255$75,000 to $99,999
  • 3,483$100,000 to $124,999
  • 1,539$125,000 to $149,999
  • 2,621$150,000 to $199,999
  • 3,666$200,000 or more
  • Home value of owner - occupied houses in 2022 in Asheville, NC

  • Distribution of house value in Asheville, NC in 2022
  • 117Less than $10,000
  • 5$10,000 to $14,999
  • 17$15,000 to $19,999
  • 47$20,000 to $24,999
  • 71$25,000 to $29,999
  • 4$30,000 to $34,999
  • 44$35,000 to $39,999
  • 13$40,000 to $49,999
  • 77$50,000 to $59,999
  • 94$60,000 to $69,999
  • 335$70,000 to $79,999
  • 51$80,000 to $89,999
  • 86$90,000 to $99,999
  • 319$100,000 to $124,999
  • 326$125,000 to $149,999
  • 532$150,000 to $174,999
  • 290$175,000 to $199,999
  • 1,387$200,000 to $249,999
  • 1,287$250,000 to $299,999
  • 4,917$300,000 to $399,999
  • 3,266$400,000 to $499,999
  • 3,802$500,000 to $749,999
  • 1,986$750,000 to $999,999
  • 982$1,000,000 to $1,499,999
  • 254$1,500,000 to $1,999,999
  • 223$2,000,000 or more
  • Rent paid by renters in 2022 in Asheville, NC

  • Distribution of rent paid by renters in Asheville, NC in 2022
  • 135$100 to $149
  • 92$150 to $199
  • 125$200 to $249
  • 125$250 to $299
  • 618$300 to $349
  • 170$350 to $399
  • 1,212$400 to $449
  • 260$450 to $499
  • 57$500 to $549
  • 237$550 to $599
  • 370$600 to $649
  • 31$650 to $699
  • 243$700 to $749
  • 483$750 to $799
  • 1,896$800 to $899
  • 885$900 to $999
  • 3,712$1,000 to $1,249
  • 2,548$1,250 to $1,499
  • 2,855$1,500 to $1,999
  • 1,323$2,000 to $2,499
  • 43$2,500 to $2,999
  • 370$3,500 or more
  • 804No cash rent
Time Leaving Home To Go To Work in 2022

Percentage of workers working in this county: 92.7%
Number of people working at home: 10,615 (22.1% of all workers)

Travel time (in minutes) to work in 2022

Travel time to work (commute)

  • Less than 5 minutes: 719
  • 5 to 9 minutes: 3,586
  • 10 to 14 minutes: 5,472
  • 15 to 19 minutes: 8,678
  • 20 to 24 minutes: 10,317
  • 25 to 29 minutes: 2,843
  • 30 to 34 minutes: 2,261
  • 35 to 39 minutes: 305
  • 40 to 44 minutes: 183
  • 45 to 59 minutes: 1,330
  • 60 to 89 minutes: 450
  • 90 or more minutes: 369
Means of transportation to work in 2022 - Asheville

Means of transportation to work:

  • Drove a car alone: 76,662 (75.4%)
  • Carpooled: 8,923 (8.8%)
  • Bus: 1,081 (1.1%)
  • Ferryboat: 35 (0.0%)
  • Taxi: 695 (0.7%)
  • Bicycle: 230 (0.2%)
  • Walked: 1,808 (1.8%)
  • Worked at home: 10,615 (10.4%)
Class of Workers in 2022
  • Unemployment by race in 2022
  • Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
  • 3.7%Males
  • 1.8%Females
  • Unemployment rate for Black residents
  • 10.5%Males
  • 3.7%Females
  • Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native residents
  • 35.4%Females
  • Unemployment rate for other race residents
  • 1.2%Females
  • Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
  • 3.9%Males
  • 1.4%Females
  • Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
  • 3.3%Males
  • 0.7%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Asheville, North Carolina
  • Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Asheville, North Carolina
  • 3,0332010 or later
  • 2,0912000 to 2009
  • 9641990 to 1999
  • 6761980 to 1989
  • 2191970 to 1979
  • 652Before 1970
Ancestries in Asheville, NC

First ancestries reported:

  • English: 18,012 (34.1%)
  • German: 3,011 (5.7%)
  • American: 2,920 (5.5%)
  • Irish: 2,808 (5.3%)
  • Italian: 1,634 (3.1%)
  • Scotch-Irish: 1,375 (2.6%)
  • Scottish: 1,363 (2.6%)
  • French: 1,268 (2.4%)
  • European: 1,238 (2.3%)
  • Ukrainian: 822 (1.6%)
  • Russian: 602 (1.1%)
  • Polish: 501 (0.9%)
  • British: 473 (0.9%)
  • Greek: 459 (0.9%)
  • Eastern European: 245 (0.5%)
  • Jamaican: 208 (0.4%)
  • Swedish: 198 (0.4%)
  • Lithuanian: 156 (0.3%)
  • Welsh: 149 (0.3%)
  • Lebanese: 131 (0.2%)
  • Romanian: 107 (0.2%)
  • Dutch: 105 (0.2%)
  • Norwegian: 94 (0.2%)
  • Albanian: 90 (0.2%)
  • Northern European: 82 (0.2%)
  • Portuguese: 80 (0.2%)
  • Czech: 79 (0.1%)
  • Austrian: 74 (0.1%)
  • French Canadian: 67 (0.1%)
  • African: 58 (0.1%)
  • Brazilian: 57 (0.1%)
  • Scandinavian: 54 (0.1%)
  • Nigerian: 54 (0.1%)
  • Danish: 52 (0.10%)
  • Jordanian: 46 (0.09%)
  • Swiss: 37 (0.07%)
  • Finnish: 35 (0.07%)
  • Palestinian: 33 (0.06%)
  • Belgian: 27 (0.05%)
  • Slovene: 24 (0.05%)
  • South African: 23 (0.04%)
  • Slovak: 21 (0.04%)
  • Turkish: 16 (0.03%)
  • Israeli: 11 (0.02%)
  • Iranian: 11 (0.02%)
  • Canadian: 11 (0.02%)
  • Croatian: 10 (0.02%)
  • Ethiopian: 10 (0.02%)
  • Hungarian: 9 (0.02%)
  • Celtic: 4 (0.01%)
  • Barbadian: 4 (0.01%)
  • Bulgarian: 3 (0.01%)

Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):

Mexico
Asheville:

16.8% (1,272)
North Carolina:

24.7% (214,776)

Ukraine
Asheville:

8.4% (638)
North Carolina:

0.8% (6,645)

Cuba
Asheville:

5.7% (431)
North Carolina:

1.0% (9,005)

Honduras
Asheville:

5.0% (377)
North Carolina:

4.7% (40,707)

Canada
Asheville:

3.8% (286)
North Carolina:

2.1% (18,105)

Venezuela
Asheville:

3.3% (246)
North Carolina:

1.2% (9,986)

Germany
Asheville:

3.2% (239)
North Carolina:

1.8% (15,534)

Brazil
Asheville:

3.0% (228)
North Carolina:

1.0% (8,426)

United Kingdom, excluding England and Scotland
Asheville:

3.0% (227)
North Carolina:

1.1% (9,831)

Jamaica
Asheville:

2.9% (218)
North Carolina:

1.3% (11,419)

Philippines
Asheville:

2.9% (217)
North Carolina:

2.4% (20,695)

China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Asheville:

2.6% (196)
North Carolina:

3.2% (27,477)

India
Asheville:

2.4% (180)
North Carolina:

9.3% (80,594)

Moldova
Asheville:

2.3% (172)
North Carolina:

0.2% (1,824)

Other Eastern Europe
Asheville:

2.2% (168)
North Carolina:

0.2% (1,928)

Guatemala
Asheville:

1.9% (144)
North Carolina:

2.6% (22,964)

Dominican Republic
Asheville:

1.7% (131)
North Carolina:

1.7% (15,135)

Uzbekistan
Asheville:

1.7% (129)
North Carolina:

0.1% (639)

Colombia
Asheville:

1.7% (128)
North Carolina:

2.1% (18,275)

France
Asheville:

1.6% (119)
North Carolina:

0.4% (3,292)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 38,697
  • Other state: 47,919
  • Northeast: 13,797
  • Midwest: 10,823
  • South: 19,371
  • West: 3,928

83.4% of Asheville residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 25.9% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 50.0% lived in North Carolina.


Asheville:

83.4%
State average:

87.3%

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 145
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 481
  • 5th and 6th grade: 0
  • 7th and 8th grade: 725
  • 9th grade: 208
  • 10th grade: 749
  • 11th grade: 122
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 327
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 6,536
  • Less than 1 year of college: 1,709
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 2,997
  • Associate degree: 1,851
  • Bachelor's degree: 11,058
  • Master's degree: 4,443
  • Professional school degree: 1,494
  • Doctorate degree: 982
Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 583
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 0
  • 5th and 6th grade: 0
  • 7th and 8th grade: 0
  • 9th grade: 787
  • 10th grade: 615
  • 11th grade: 248
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 0
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 8,411
  • Less than 1 year of college: 1,241
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 2,537
  • Associate degree: 2,759
  • Bachelor's degree: 11,149
  • Master's degree: 8,367
  • Professional school degree: 1,243
  • Doctorate degree: 490
Educational Attainment for Females
Asheville marital status for males
Asheville marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 28,224
  • One, attached: 2,538
  • Two: 1,249
  • 3 or 4: 1,896
  • 5 to 9: 3,995
  • 10 to 19: 3,759
  • 20 to 49: 2,864
  • 50 or more: 3,036
  • Mobile homes: 1,450

Median worth of mobile homes: $65,400

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 2.0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 5.6%

House/condo owner moved in on average 10 years ago

Renter moved in on average 2 years ago

Year householders moved into residence in Asheville
Houses and condos Apartments
Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos in Asheville, NC
  • 47.2%Electricity
  • 41.4%Utility gas
  • 6.5%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
  • 2.7%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 0.9%Wood
  • 0.8%Solar energy
  • 0.3%Other fuel
  • 0.2%No fuel used
Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments in Asheville, NC
  • 77.2%Electricity
  • 16.1%Utility gas
  • 3.4%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
  • 1.6%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 0.8%No fuel used
  • 0.6%Wood
  • 0.1%Other fuel

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,101
Here:

15.0%
North Carolina:

13.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 336
Here:

12.7%
North Carolina:

11.9%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 534
Here:

11.1%
North Carolina:

19.3%
School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students
School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Noninstitutionalized Residents with Employment Disability