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Asheville city, North Carolina: commercial real estate data.
Asheville city is a Census city of 94,535 people across 45.48 square miles of land, in Buncombe County. Median household income is $71,102, 51.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 225 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $139.9 m.
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Asheville
What Asheville is
- Census place typecity
- Land area45.48 sq mi
- Water area0.38 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,079
- County holding the largest share of its areaBuncombe County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Asheville
How many people live in Asheville
- Population94,535
- Median age40.7
- Population under 1814,009
- Share under 1814.8 percent
- Population 65 and over19,041
- Share 65 and over20.1 percent
- Households37,394
- Family households18,493
- Share of households that are families49.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Asheville
Income and work in Asheville
- Median household income$71,102
- Per capita income$45,430
- Civilian labor force50,778
- Employed48,194
- Unemployed2,584 plus or minus 656
- Unemployment rate5.1 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Adults 25 and over72,671
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher53.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree22.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Asheville
Housing in Asheville
- Housing units50,034
- Occupied units37,394
- Vacant units12,640
- Vacancy rate25.3 percent
- Owner occupied19,413
- Renter occupied17,981
- Ownership rate51.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$440,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,402
- Annual rent as a share of median income23.7 percent
- Single family units30,216
- Share single family60.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more17,908
- Share in buildings of two or more35.8 percent
- Mobile homes1,910 plus or minus 662
- Median year structure built1982
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Asheville
How Asheville gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute38,157
- Commuting under 15 minutes12,227
- Share commuting under 15 minutes32.0 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more4,630
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more12.1 percent
- Drove alone66.1 percent
- Carpooled6.9 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Public transport1.3 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Walked3.4 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Worked from home20.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Asheville
SBA loans in Asheville (7(a))
- Approvals225
- Gross approval$139,855,700
- Average approval$621,581
- Median approval$250,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,682,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported2,920
- Jobs per approval13.0
- Loans with a final outcome39
- Paid in full37
- Charged off2
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans5.1 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more18.2 percent
- Share to franchises15.1 percent
- Distinct lenders57
- Distinct industries by NAICS111
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Asheville
SBA loans in Asheville (504)
- Approvals57
- Gross approval$54,795,000
- Average approval$961,316
- Median approval$470,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported679
- Loans with a final outcome15
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs4
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Asheville
Flood risk in Asheville
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- Best Community Rating System classClass 8
- NFIP community number370032
- Currently effective map date01/06/10
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Buncombe County, not Asheville
Buncombe County context, not Asheville figures
These are Buncombe County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Asheville measurements.
- Establishments in Buncombe County9,863
- Employment at those establishments, Buncombe County127,409
- Covered employment, Buncombe County136,495
- Average annual pay, Buncombe County$58,785
- Average weekly wage, Buncombe County$1,130
- Housing units permitted, Buncombe County3,613
- Of those, single family, Buncombe County1,379
- County product, 2024, Buncombe County$21,262,054,000
- County product change over the prior year, Buncombe County5.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Buncombe County$97,832
Every figure in this section is published for Buncombe County as a whole and is not a measurement of Asheville. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Asheville questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Asheville, North Carolina?
94,535, in 37,394 households. Asheville city covers 45.48 square miles of land, which is 2,079 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Asheville in?
Buncombe County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Asheville?
$71,102. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $440,000. Median gross rent is $1,402 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Asheville businesses?
225 7(a) approvals totalling $139.9 m, across 57 lenders, median approval $250,000, plus 57 504 approvals worth $54.8 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Asheville, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Asheville borrowers get paid back?
Of the 39 loans that have reached a final outcome, 37 were paid in full and 2 charged off, a charge off rate of 5.1 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is Asheville in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Asheville appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 370032, carrying Community Rating System class 8, which is a premium discount for exceeding the programme minimum. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Asheville figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Buncombe County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Asheville.
Is zoning published for Asheville?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.