Ashley Heights vs Five Points

A side-by-side comparison of Ashley Heights and Five Points: population, income, housing, and more.

Ashley Heights and Five Points are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Five Points has the higher population (1,096 vs 301 in Ashley Heights). Five Points has the higher median home value ($284,700 vs $85,700 in Ashley Heights). Since 2019, Five Points's population has grown faster (+13.8% vs -33.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Ashley Heights	Five Points
Population	301	1,096
Median age	58.4 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$52,375	—
Median home value	$85,700	$284,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,213
Housing units	127	428
Homeownership rate	82.6%	75.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	25.9%
Unemployment rate	17.0%	13.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashley Heights	Five Points
Population	453 → 301 (-33.6%)	963 → 1,096 (+13.8%)
Median household income	$21,579 → $52,375 (+142.7%)	$63,327 → $63,188 (-0.2%)
Median home value	$151,800 → $85,700 (-43.5%)	$170,500 → $284,700 (+67.0%)
Median gross rent	$609 → $606 (-0.5%)	$1,067 → $1,213 (+13.7%)

Ashley Heights

Population

453301

Median household income

$21,579$52,375

Median home value

$151,800$85,700

Median gross rent

$609$606

Five Points

Population

9631,096

Median household income

$63,327$63,188

Median home value

$170,500$284,700

Median gross rent

$1,067$1,213

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashley Heights	Five Points
Under 5	0.0%	3.3%
5 to 17	0.0%	9.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	13.7%
25 to 34	11.6%	13.1%
35 to 44	15.3%	15.6%
45 to 54	16.3%	15.1%
55 to 64	32.2%	15.6%
65 to 74	24.6%	10.1%
75 and over	0.0%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashley Heights	Five Points
White (non-Hispanic)	53.2%	52.3%
Black or African American	16.3%	33.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	19.6%	4.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.3%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashley Heights	Five Points
No high school diploma	10.3%	1.0%
High school graduate	33.9%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	40.2%	47.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashley Heights	Five Points
Drove alone	81.5%	68.1%
Carpooled	4.1%	28.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	14.4%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashley Heights	Five Points
1-unit, detached	64.6%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	35.4%	15.2%

Poverty & households

	Ashley Heights	Five Points
Poverty rate	23.6%	21.2%
Average household size	2.49	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	13	31
Median year structure built	1990	2002