Asheboro is a medium-sized city located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 27,928 people and 13 associated neighborhoods, Asheboro is the 39th largest community in North Carolina.Unlike some cities, Asheboro isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Asheboro are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Asheboro is a city of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Asheboro who work in office and administrative support (10.68%), management occupations (10.57%), and business and financial occupations (6.98%). Being a small city, Asheboro does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of adults in Asheboro who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 19.05% of the adults in Asheboro have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Asheboro in 2022 was $29,259, which is middle income relative to North Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $117,036 for a family of four. However, Asheboro contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Asheboro is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Asheboro home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Asheboro residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Asheboro also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 27.61% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Asheboro include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Asheboro is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
