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Asheville, NC · the CityFunIndex

City Vibe in Asheville

Asheville ranks T#103 of 134 US cities for city vibe, with a City Vibe score of 23 — Quiet. That puts it in the 24th percentile nationally and #6 of 6 in North Carolina.

City Vibe score
23
Quiet
National rank
T#103 of 134
In North Carolina
#6 of 6
Percentile
24th

The typical city scores 50 for city vibe; Asheville sits 27 points below the median.

How city vibe is measured

How much the city is talked about and searched for — news and search attention.

Data sources: GDELT news tone and Google Trends search interest (each percentile-ranked, then averaged).

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Ranked around Asheville

  1. #101 Winston-Salem, NC 25
  2. #102 Irving, TX 24
  3. T#103 Asheville, NC — this page 23
  4. #105 Albuquerque, NM 22
  5. #106 Gilbert, AZ 21

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Top US cities for city vibe

  1. #1 Billings, MT 93
  2. T#2 Birmingham, AL 92
  3. T#2 Nashville, TN 92
  4. T#2 Scottsdale, AZ 92
  5. T#5 Las Vegas, NV 91

More about Asheville

Asheville scores 85 overall (Exceptional) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: