It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Ashville has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Ashville has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Ashville than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Ashville may be for you.
One downside of living in Ashville, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.29 minutes every day commuting to work.
Ashville is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In Ashville, just 9.32% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Ashville in 2022 was $25,875, which is lower middle income relative to Alabama and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $103,500 for a family of four. However, Ashville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Ashville is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Ashville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ashville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Ashville include English, German, Irish, European, and African.
The most common language spoken in Ashville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
