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North Carolina·Buncombe County
30 tracts·64K people·$440K median·1,404/mi²
White 80 · Black 8 · Hispanic 7 · Multiracial 4 · Asian 1 · Other 1
Married couple 38 · Living alone 38 · Other 25
Health 31 · Professional 16 · Retail 16 · Leisure 15 · Manufacturing 9 · Public admin 8 · Other 4
Management · business · science · arts 50 · Sales · office 18 · Service 18 · Production · transport 9 · Construction · maintenance 6
Drive alone 66 · Work from home 25 · Carpool 14 · Walk 5 · Transit 2 · Bike 1
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Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
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The median home value in Asheville is $440,000 (Census ACS) — 1.0× the US median of $458,812.
Asheville has 94,535 residents across 17 census tracts and 24 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 40.7; the population is 79.8% White, 8.1% Black, 6.6% Hispanic or Latino, 3.7% Multiracial, 1.1% Asian and 0.6% Other; the average household has 2.4 people; 53.4% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 14.3% (Census ACS).
Claxton Elementary (64%), Evergreen Community Charter (64%) and Isaac Dickson Elementary (64%) lead the elementary schools; Valley Springs Middle (57%), Koontz Intermediate (53%) and Asheville Middle (51%) lead the middle schools; Early College (81%), SILSA (76%) and Roberson High (62%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $1,402/month, 11% below the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in Asheville is $71,102 a year, 17% below the US median (Census ACS).
In Asheville, median rent is $1,402/month and the median home value is $440,000 (Census ACS).
Asheville reported 8.5 violent crimes and 45.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 84°F; winter lows average 30°F; there are 99 comfortable days a year; annual rainfall is 42 inches (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Asheville are ice storm (89), earthquake (80) and cold wave (75), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.26g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Asheville, 4.5% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).