Ashville is a very small city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 2,402 people and two associated neighborhoods, Ashville is the 195th largest community in Alabama.When you are in Ashville, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 42.26% of Ashville’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Ashville is a city of construction workers and builders, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Ashville who work in office and administrative support (10.68%), food service (7.38%), and management occupations (6.23%). Also of interest is that Ashville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. 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, 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.The citizens of Ashville have a very low rate of college education: just 9.32% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities. 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.
