The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Ashville has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Ashville a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Ashville is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Ashville, the average commute to work is 35.64 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small city, Ashville doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The rate of college-level education in Ashville is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 10.45% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Ashville in 2022 was $29,820, which is middle income relative to Alabama, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $119,280 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 Japanese.
