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Follow Your Heart Index city profile

Asheville, North Carolina

A city-market profile built from 5 primary-city ZIP areas representing an estimated 137,611 residents.

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Follow Your Heart Index | National #248 of 129162.7Official whole-life balance across all five components
Partner Availability | National #18384.9100.0% coverage
Settlement Feasibility | National #85948.3100.0% coverage
Economic Capacity | National #83664.2100.0% coverage
Relationship Environment | National #72535.8100.0% coverage
Opportunity Strength | National #42571.9100.0% coverage

Population by life stage

Under 1822,689 | 16.5%
18 to 2411,352 | 8.2%
25 to 3421,560 | 15.7%
35 to 5436,857 | 26.8%
55 to 6416,520 | 12.0%
65 and older28,633 | 20.8%

Marital landscape

Married49,729 | 40.9%
Never married49,644 | 40.9%
Divorced13,320 | 11.0%
Separated1,610 | 1.3%
Widowed7,207 | 5.9%

Race and broad ethnicity

Race and Hispanic ethnicity are separate Census concepts and may overlap. Values provide community context, not relationship quality.

White109,439 | 79.5%
Black or African American8,621 | 6.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native378 | 0.3%
Asian1,904 | 1.4%
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander86 | 0.1%
Hispanic or Latino11,457 | 8.3%

Ethnicity and heritage communities

These are the leading reported heritage communities among contributing ZIPs. The Census source calls them ancestry responses, and people may report more than one.

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Economic, housing and mobility context

Median household income$76,979
Employment rate57.0%
Typical home value$477,971
Typical rent$1,782
Mortgage access65.6
Migration opportunity94.9
Commute under 30 minutes84.4%
Poverty rate13.8%

ZIP areas in this city market

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ZIPHeart IndexPartnerSettlementEconomicRelationshipOpportunity
2880158.795.037.854.330.963.6
2880363.681.550.167.436.875.2
2880466.081.353.171.937.979.9
2880562.280.350.265.035.872.3
2880661.688.446.960.035.567.1