Ash is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 4,512 people and just one neighborhood, Ash is the 207th largest community in North Carolina.
Unlike some towns, Ash isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Ash are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Ash is a town of professionals, construction workers and builders, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ash who work in healthcare (11.20%), maintenance occupations (10.42%), and office and administrative support (9.21%).
Also of interest is that Ash has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Ash has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Ash has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Ash than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Ash may be for you.
Ash is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of adults in Ash who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.28% of the adults in Ash have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Ash in 2022 was $27,540, which is lower middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $110,160 for a family of four. However, Ash contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Ash is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Ash home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ash residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Ash include English, German, Irish, Egyptian, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Ash is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
The neighborhood stands out for having the majority of its residential real estate made up of mobile homes. In fact, 55.6% of the occupied real estate here are mobile homes, which is a greater proportion than is found in 99.4% of the neighborhoods in the U.S. If you like mobile homes, this might be a great neighborhood in which to look for real estate.
has the amazing distinction of housing more same sex couples living together than 98.6% of neighborhoods in the U.S. If you are seeking such a neighborhood, NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that this is one place that you should consider.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Ash are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 74.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 19.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 68.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 32.7% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 32.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (26.1%), and 9.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 92.7% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Ash, NC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (16.2%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (5.5%), and residents who report Irish roots (5.1%), and some of the residents are also of Arab ancestry (2.5%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (1.4%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (33.8% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (79.9%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (9.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.