How the Asheville, NC metro's ZIP codes measure up on health
The ZipVitals Score across the Asheville, NC metro area — built one ZIP code at a time, then rolled up by resident population.
Data release 202629 of 29 ZIP codes scored · 0.41M residents represented
Score snapshot
People & national context
The Asheville, NC metro's ZIP codes, ranked
Highest-scoring
Top 29 of 29- 1,97228757in Montreat · 630 residents65.09
- 2,91928804in Woodfin · 25,776 residents63.08
- 4,29728787in Weaverville · 22,809 residents60.74
- 4,37828805in Asheville · 19,993 residents60.63
- 4,49528791in Hendersonville · 15,108 residents60.47
- 4,68328759in Mills River · 7,555 residents60.23
- 4,76828711in Black Mountain · 12,663 residents60.12
- 5,19928732in Fletcher · 19,279 residents59.52
- 5,54928739in Hendersonville · 20,843 residents59.07
- 5,61928730in Fairview · 7,605 residents58.97
- 5,95528803in Asheville · 33,718 residents58.54
- 6,20728709in Barnardsville · 2,260 residents58.23
- 6,29828704in Arden · 24,138 residents58.12
- 6,96428806in Asheville · 43,433 residents57.32
- 7,40328742in Horse Shoe · 2,710 residents56.86
- 7,54928790in Zirconia · 3,241 residents56.70
- 7,79828754in Mars Hill · 9,682 residents56.47
- 9,42328778in Swannanoa · 13,536 residents55.02
- 9,61528735in Gerton · 124 residents54.86
- 10,43328801in Asheville · 14,691 residents54.21
- 10,57428715in Candler · 30,328 residents54.09
- 11,75528753in Marshall · 10,389 residents53.22
- 11,94228729in Etowah · 3,681 residents53.10
- 13,44228748in Leicester · 12,230 residents52.01
- 14,76028701in Alexander · 5,786 residents51.06
- 14,96328731in Flat Rock · 8,672 residents50.92
- 15,78628743in Hot Springs · 2,211 residents50.34
- 16,47228792in Hendersonville · 36,645 residents49.84
- 23,28428726in East Flat Rock · 4,363 residents44.14
Lowest-scoring
Bottom 29 of 29- 23,28428726in East Flat Rock · 4,363 residents44.14
- 16,47228792in Hendersonville · 36,645 residents49.84
- 15,78628743in Hot Springs · 2,211 residents50.34
- 14,96328731in Flat Rock · 8,672 residents50.92
- 14,76028701in Alexander · 5,786 residents51.06
- 13,44228748in Leicester · 12,230 residents52.01
- 11,94228729in Etowah · 3,681 residents53.10
- 11,75528753in Marshall · 10,389 residents53.22
- 10,57428715in Candler · 30,328 residents54.09
- 10,43328801in Asheville · 14,691 residents54.21
- 9,61528735in Gerton · 124 residents54.86
- 9,42328778in Swannanoa · 13,536 residents55.02
- 7,79828754in Mars Hill · 9,682 residents56.47
- 7,54928790in Zirconia · 3,241 residents56.70
- 7,40328742in Horse Shoe · 2,710 residents56.86
- 6,96428806in Asheville · 43,433 residents57.32
- 6,29828704in Arden · 24,138 residents58.12
- 6,20728709in Barnardsville · 2,260 residents58.23
- 5,95528803in Asheville · 33,718 residents58.54
- 5,61928730in Fairview · 7,605 residents58.97
- 5,54928739in Hendersonville · 20,843 residents59.07
- 5,19928732in Fletcher · 19,279 residents59.52
- 4,76828711in Black Mountain · 12,663 residents60.12
- 4,68328759in Mills River · 7,555 residents60.23
- 4,49528791in Hendersonville · 15,108 residents60.47
- 4,37828805in Asheville · 19,993 residents60.63
- 4,29728787in Weaverville · 22,809 residents60.74
- 2,91928804in Woodfin · 25,776 residents63.08
- 1,97228757in Montreat · 630 residents65.09
Where each domain sits inside this metro
The Score above is one number for the whole Asheville, NC metro. Nine domains make it up, and they are not spread the same way across the people who live here. Each row divides this metro's ZIP codes into fifths by how they stand against each other on that domain, then counts who lives at each end. If a domain were spread evenly across the metro's residents, every row would read about 20%.
The highest-standing fifth
6 of 29 ZIPsShare of the metro's residents living in the fifth of its ZIP codes that stand highest on each domain.
4 ZIP codes tie at this end: 28791 Hendersonville28792 Hendersonville28801 Asheville28805 Asheville
Standing highest: 28711 Black Mountain28739 Hendersonville28791 Hendersonville
Standing highest: 28791 Hendersonville28801 Asheville28803 Asheville
Standing highest: 28711 Black Mountain28739 Hendersonville28791 Hendersonville
Standing highest: 28709 Barnardsville28711 Black Mountain28757 Montreat
Each fifth is about 6 of this metro’s 29 compared ZIP codes, and the shares are out of 414,099 residents. A ZIP code is compared here only if it carries a resident count to weight it by and enough measured data on that domain — the rest are left out of that domain’s fifths rather than filled in from a coarser geography, which is why this count can sit just below the metro’s scored total.
The mark shows 20% — where a row would sit if that domain were spread evenly across the metro's residents.
Each ZIP code is compared with the other ZIP codes in this metro that are measured across all nine scoring domains — not with all US ZIP codes. Percentages are rounded; higher is healthier in every domain.
Why this matters
The ZipVitals Score combines nine domains of health — from chronic disease and preventive care to environmental hazard, social need, and healthcare access — into one 0–100 index for each ZIP code, computed the same way everywhere from public federal and academic data. The Asheville, NC figures on this page are population-weighted rollups of those per-ZIP scores, so they describe the metro's residents rather than a coarser geography relabeled as the metro.
A high score describes favorable documented conditions; it is not a claim about individual residents, and it does not capture everything that shapes a community's health. Where a ZIP code scores low, that pattern reflects structural conditions — investment, environment, and access — far more than the choices of the people who live there.