Living in Asheboro, NC
Small city in North Carolina
Asheboro is a small city in North Carolina, home to about 27,000 people, with 607,000 living within 31 mi. Day to day, a car is essential. Life moves at a slow, calm pace, and homes are mostly apartments.
Is Asheboro a good place to live? Pros and cons
👍 Pros
- Affordable housing: a typical 3-bedroom home is about $254k and rents for $1,700 a month
- Low natural disaster risk: 7 federally declared disasters since 2000
- Easy flying: GSO is 27 mi away
- Mild summers: highs around 87°F
👎 Cons
- Quieter on culture: few museums and attractions nearby
- Fewer graduates: 20% of adults have a bachelor's degree or higher
- Fewer outdoor escapes: no big hills or water close by
- Smaller job market: about 607,000 people live within 31 mi
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Key facts
Living in Asheboro: common questions
What is the cost of living in Asheboro?
A typical 3-bedroom home is worth about $254k, and a 3-bedroom rents for about $1,700 a month including utilities. Overall living costs are below the US average (index 93, where the US is 100).
What are taxes like in Asheboro?
North Carolina collects about $1,615 in state income tax per resident, and homeowners here pay about 1.05% of their home's value in property tax each year.
Is Asheboro safe?
Asheboro isn't in the FBI's 2019 city crime table, so Best Life Fit Me counts its safety as average.
How are the schools in Asheboro?
Public schools in Asheboro test close to the US average in math and reading (2018–19 state tests, put on one national scale with NAEP), with about 15 students per teacher.
What is the weather like in Asheboro?
Asheboro has cool winters: winter days average around 52°F and summer days around 87°F, with roughly 5″ of snow a year.
Does Asheboro get natural disasters?
Natural disaster risk is low, mainly from flooding and tornadoes: 7 federally declared disasters have hit the county since 2000, and FEMA expects about 0.4 deaths or injuries per 100,000 residents a year.
What is the nearest major airport to Asheboro?
The nearest major airport is GSO, about 27 mi away.
How Asheboro scores
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