What is the population of Asheboro city?

Asheboro city has 27,353 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #40 of 777 in North Carolina.

What is the median household income in Asheboro city?

Median household income in Asheboro city is $48,628 a year, 38.1% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Asheboro city?

Median gross rent is $855 a month and the median home value is $162,800, so rent absorbs about 21.1% of median household income.

Is Asheboro city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Asheboro city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Asheboro, NC population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Asheboro, North Carolina (Asheboro, NC — Census place “Asheboro city”) is 27,353 residents, ranking #40 of 777 places in North Carolina. Median household income is $48,628, the median home is worth $162,800 and median gross rent runs $855 a month. Looking for the Asheboro North Carolina ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Asheboro, NC: 27203, 27205.

Population: 27,353Asheboro city residents
Median household income: $48,628Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $162,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $855Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 36.1 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 46.6%Owner-occupied households

Asheboro ZIP codes (North Carolina)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Asheboro.

The Asheboro NC ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Asheboro city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Asheboro city median would spend about 21.1% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 20.2% of residents and 46.6% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Asheboro city, NC in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Asheboro city is a small city in North Carolina, with 27,353 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #40 of 777 ranked by population — larger than 94% of them. The median age here is 36.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Asheboro city earn a median of $48,628 a year, 38.1% below the national figure of $78,538 and 21% below the $61,228 median for the 459 North Carolina cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 20.2% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Asheboro city is valued at $162,800, 46.3% below the national figure and 26% below the $219,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $855 a month, 39.2% below the national figure, or roughly $10,260 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21.1% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 46.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Asheboro city?: Asheboro city has 27,353 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #40 of 777 in North Carolina.
What is the median household income in Asheboro city?: Median household income in Asheboro city is $48,628 a year, 38.1% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Asheboro city?: Median gross rent is $855 a month and the median home value is $162,800, so rent absorbs about 21.1% of median household income.
Is Asheboro city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Asheboro city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Asheboro city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.