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Anderson, IN vs Asheville, NC

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- Asheville spends 6.6% less per student than Anderson.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.1% lower in Asheville than in Anderson. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Asheville had 7.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Anderson
 Anderson, INAsheville, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,129$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,338  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,886$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.05  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3634573
 Students per Counselor3025  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.16.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.6%1.5%
Reviews for Anderson    6 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Seems to check all the boxes for retirement. Housing appears to be affordable and is close to a large city  More

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This city has had it's problems, as many of the Whiners & Moaners making comments here have written. So What! There are probably a thousand cities in the USA today with  More

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Over 14 years ago

Anderson lost thousands of jobs from the auto industry which resulted in many vacant houses. Combine that with the housing bubble popping and the result is very  More

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Reviews for Asheville    117 Reviews

Lived around this city my entire life, and have spent countless hours in every part of it- at one point, Asheville was the place to be, it had a high standard of living,  More

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Scotty · 

Asheville has changed dramatically over the pass twenty years . At one time downtown and the charming family friendly neighborhoods within, reminded me of The Waltons  More

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This city is very deceiving. Small but if you look close you see big liberal city problems in this town. Mainly because it is overwhelming liberal. Far left liberals.  More

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