Ashville is a very small city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 2,382 people and two associated neighborhoods, Ashville is the 195th largest community in Alabama. Ashville real estate is some of the most expensive in Alabama, although Ashville house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.When you are in Ashville, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 42.37% 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 sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ashville who work in office and administrative support (10.66%), food service (8.85%), and maintenance occupations (7.05%). 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 33.26 minutes every day commuting to work. Being a small city, Ashville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In Ashville, just 9.12% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%. The per capita income in Ashville in 2022 was $25,152, which is lower middle income relative to Alabama and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $100,608 for a family of four. However, Ashville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Ashville is a very 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, Irish, German, European, and Welsh. The most common language spoken in Ashville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
