Compare Asheville Metro Area, NC vs North Carolina (NC) vs United States

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Metric	Asheville Metro Area, NC Metro Area	North Carolina (NC) State	United States Country
Overview
Total population	414,711	10,730,404	334,922,499
Rent	$1,296	$1,228	$1,413
Year built	1990	1991	1980
Household income	$71,838	$72,388	$80,734
Per capita income	$42,135	$41,385	$44,673
Poverty rate	11.8%	13.0%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	3.6%	4.0%
Household size	2.5	2.4	2.5
Rent over 30% of income	46.6%	44.7%	47.6%
Demographics
Total population	414,711	10,730,404	334,922,499
Adults over 25	309,724	7,380,330	230,807,303
Total households	161,264	4,282,345	129,227,496
Household size	2.5	2.4	2.5
Income & Poverty
Household income	$71,838	$72,388	$80,734
Per capita income	$42,135	$41,385	$44,673
Poverty rate	11.8%	13.0%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	3.6%	4.0%
Rent over 30% of income	46.6%	44.7%	47.6%
Housing
Rent	$1,296	$1,228	$1,413
Year built	1990	1991	1980
Households that rent	30.4%	33.4%	34.8%
Households that own	69.6%	66.6%	65.2%
Rooms per home (all homes)	5.6	5.6	5.5
Race
White	82.3%	61.8%	61%
Black	4.1%	20.3%	12.2%
Asian	1.1%	3.3%	6%
Two or more races	8.7%	8.3%	12.6%
Ethnicity
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	11.3%	19.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	90.4%	88.7%	80.7%
Commute
Commute rate	84.8%	83.7%	84.9%
Commute time to work	22.0 min	25.0 min	26.0 min
Work from home	15.2%	16.3%	15.1%
Education
Less than high school	23%	27.2%	27.5%
High school graduate or GED	23.6%	24.8%	26%
Some college or associate degree	10.8%	12.3%	10.7%
Bachelor’s degree or higher	42.5%	35.7%	35.7%