Asheville vs Royal Pines

A side-by-side comparison of Asheville and Royal Pines: population, income, housing, and more.

Asheville and Royal Pines are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Asheville has the higher population (94,369 vs 4,528 in Royal Pines). Royal Pines has the higher median household income ($105,956 vs $67,221 in Asheville). Asheville has the higher median home value ($411,000 vs $369,500 in Royal Pines).

Population, income & housing

	Asheville	Royal Pines
Population	94,369	4,528
Median age	40.7 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$67,221	$105,956
Median home value	$411,000	$369,500
Median gross rent	$1,303	$1,397
Housing units	49,130	2,093
Homeownership rate	50.3%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.0%	54.4%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Asheville	Royal Pines
Population	91,560 → 94,369 (+3.1%)	4,759 → 4,528 (-4.9%)
Median household income	$49,930 → $67,221 (+34.6%)	$83,012 → $105,956 (+27.6%)
Median home value	$270,400 → $411,000 (+52.0%)	$260,300 → $369,500 (+42.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,043 → $1,303 (+24.9%)	$1,117 → $1,397 (+25.1%)

Asheville

Population

91,56094,369

Median household income

$49,930$67,221

Median home value

$270,400$411,000

Median gross rent

$1,043$1,303

Royal Pines

Population

4,7594,528

Median household income

$83,012$105,956

Median home value

$260,300$369,500

Median gross rent

$1,117$1,397

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Asheville	Royal Pines
Under 5	4.6%	8.0%
5 to 17	12.0%	13.2%
18 to 24	7.6%	4.3%
25 to 34	17.2%	8.2%
35 to 44	14.8%	17.4%
45 to 54	13.2%	13.9%
55 to 64	11.3%	15.0%
65 to 74	10.6%	12.7%
75 and over	8.6%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Asheville	Royal Pines
White (non-Hispanic)	78.4%	91.8%
Black or African American	9.7%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	1.3%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Asheville	Royal Pines
No high school diploma	6.5%	1.8%
High school graduate	18.7%	16.5%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	30.5%	27.8%
Graduate or professional degree	21.5%	26.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Asheville	Royal Pines
Drove alone	68.4%	78.2%
Carpooled	5.8%	1.9%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.7%	19.9%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Asheville	Royal Pines
1-unit, detached	57.3%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	15.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	10.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Asheville	Royal Pines
Poverty rate	14.6%	1.3%
Average household size	2.39	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	18	26
Median year structure built	1980	1980