You're thinking about relocating to Western North Carolina, but maybe Asheville is not
quite the right fit for you, breaking news, there's plenty of other towns all around Asheville
that are equally beautiful and very close to Asheville.
Hi, this is Elena Kovrigin with Nesting Dolls Realty at Realty One Group Pivot here in Asheville,
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In this video, I'm going to tell you about eight different towns that are all around
Asheville.
Weaverville is about 15 minutes North of Asheville.
It's probably one of the closest towns to Asheville.
It's very small, very quaint, very pretty, pretty much just like all other towns around
Asheville.
The population of Weaverville is about 4,000 people and it's about three and a half square
miles in size.
Just like Asheville, Weaverville is also within Buncombe County.
Median sales price in Weaverville is about $330,000.
It really feels just like a big suburb of Asheville with its own main street.
Main street offers a lot of visitors with some impressive restaurants, galleries, and
art studios.
And what's nice about Weaverville, like I said, it's very close to Asheville itself.
And then it's about 10 minutes away from Blue Ridge Parkway.
So you can actually access Weaverville from either highway, or Merrimon Avenue, or I-25,
or you can hop on Blue Ridge Parkway and one of the exits will be for Weaverville.
Weaverville like I said is very small and streets that go off of from main street remind
you of a little town, but because it's surrounded by mountains very close to each other, you
start seeing homes up on top of the mountain, up on top of the Hill with great views.
And if you keep going, you will see some farms, farmland, farm animals.
So it's really pretty there.
And plus the connection to Blue Ridge Parkway makes it such a great place.
Black Mountain is about 20 minutes East of Asheville, and is also located in Buncombe
County.
Population of about 8,000 people live on almost seven square miles of the area.
Median sales price in Black Mountain is about $280,000.
Black Mountain is known as the front porch of the Blue Ridge Mountains, it's super quaint,
laid-back, friendly kind of feel with small town welcoming vibe.
It's really an artist marker with multiple galleries showcasing some of the region's
best Southern Appalachian arts and crafts.
By the way I really I am not sure if I'm pronouncing Appalachian or Appalachian.
So tell me your thoughts, locals, local alert, put it in the comments.
How do you say it?
Appalachian or Appalachian?
I know I'm going to get a lot of heat for that.
Again, Black Mountain has a very cute, very small, small town field downtown and Lake
Tomahawk that's right next to downtown.
Basically it offers well lighted level path for safe strolling for day or evening.
So it's really nice.
And there's also a community pool right next to the Lake, so that's available to everyone
who basically lives there.
If you start moving South, you first will get to Fletcher.
Fletcher is about 25 minutes South from downtown Asheville.
And Fletcher really doesn't have a downtown or a main street.
I mean, there's a town hall and a big clock tower, but that's about it.
Fletcher is a pretty big area for just like a suburb or a town without a main street.
Even 8,000 people in Fletcher live on about six and a half square miles of space.
Median sales price in Fletcher is about $325,000.
And now Fletcher is located in Henderson County, not Buncombe County.
So that's a completely different County with completely different taxes.
Now, when you start driving through Fletcher's main roads such as airport road or, or I-25,
or similar road, you might wonder, "Well, what is this area?"
It looks very commercial like and industrial like.
On one hand airport road has all the stores, all the commercial stuff going on.
Bunch of shopping, bunch of restaurants, airport is right there Western North Carolina, ARC
Center or is right there.
The same goes for Hendersonville road.
You'll see a lot of industrial stuff going on.
And you wonder, "Do people even live here?"
But if you take left or right on one of these roads and start just going inside into the
community, away from the main arteries and away from the main roads, you'll see a lot
of residential areas.
Fletcher's residential area is really a combination of farmland with cornfields and stuff like
that, or homes with nice acreage and some pocket neighborhoods and neighborhoods with
cookie cutter kind of home styles that pretty much all look like this that are super family
friendly, that some of them are pretty big, some of them have community pools and stuff
like that.
So it's a very family friendly area with access to best of both worlds.
Asheville on one side, Hendersonville on the other side, airport is right there.
All the amenity is there.
Access to great schools, either in South Buncombe or Hendersonville or Henderson County schools.
So it's a very family friendly area.
If you keep moving South in about 35 minutes from downtown Asheville, you'll finally get
to Hendersonville.
And obviously Hendersonville is also in Henderson County with Henderson County taxes, property
taxes, and things like that.
Population of Hendersonville is about 14,000 people.
And all these people live on almost seven square miles of the area.
Median sales price in Hendersonville is about $279,000.
Downtown Hendersonville as the second largest downtown in Western North Carolina and Asheville
being the biggest with many things to do see and taste.
Breweries, wineries, restaurants, galore.
It's really a great place to raise a family and it's rated for top school system and one
of the best places to retire according to many different sources, magazines and articles.
Hendersonville has got such a cute little downtown that's super walkable that has all
these bears on both sides of the street.
We love coming to Hendersonville in September for Apple Festival.
And that's basically when they close the main street in Hendersonville, it's only open for
pedestrians.
There's a bunch of artists.
Again, local people selling everything from arts and crafts to of course, apples.
It's a great place to get all kinds of Apple products like Apple cider, Apple pies and
things like that.
Super fun.
And it's also a fun place for adults and kids because they have a lot of attractions for
kids.
Everyone will be happy.
Another great thing about Hendersonville is it really positioned in such a way that it's
really close to everything.
It's about equal distance about three minutes from Asheville, from Lake Lure, from Brevard.
Greenville is, I'm talking about Greenville in South Carolina is about an hour away from
Hendersonville.
So those who might have a job in Greenville, for example, they can easily commute from
Greenville to Hendersonville and back and forth.
Because as we know, Asheville and the area in general is not known for great jobs.
So keep that in mind.
Hendersonville itself has some great luxury and mid range communities that have wonderful
breathtaking mountain views.
So like I said, it's got the best of both all worlds.
Now that we're in both worlds, all worlds.
I tend to think of Hendersonville as Asheville's mini me.
It basically has everything that Asheville has.
All the beauty, access to nature, DuPont state forest is there, Pisgah National Forest is
super close.
So it has everything that Asheville has except for Asheville quirkiness, Asheville weirdness,
and all those things that make Asheville Asheville and make Asheville great.
You know what I'm saying?
If you start moving Southwest from downtown Asheville, about 30 minutes later, you will
get to Mills River.
It's probably one of the largest areas and towns around Asheville.
So Mills River is located in Henderson County and median sales price is about $370,000 in
Mills River.
About 7,000 people who live there live on almost 23 square miles of the area.
So it's very large, very spacious, when you get there, it really feels like very spacious,
four lane highway, endless fields on both sides, farms.
So beautiful, and so spacious.
Mountains are further on all sides.
Like, you don't feel trapped.
I mean, some areas like Weaverville, for example, have all these mountains around you, very
close and you see houses like on top of the mountains right away from downtown even, but
Mills River really has these endless fields, huge properties.
People have acreage- I used to think of Mills River is just like
an area that lies between Asheville or Asheville Fletcher and Brevard.
They really don't have downtown.
Again, just let Fletcher.
One big intersection with a gas station and a few little stores and a bank is really all
there is.
There is a little park right next to it, but that's about it.
Not a whole lot of commercial or industrial stuff going on in Mills River, unlike Fletcher,
for example.
It's pretty much all farmland, properties, communities, subdivisions and things like
that.
Mills River is located also in Henderson County.
If you keep going on the same four lane highway that started as airport road in Asheville
or Arden South Asheville, if you keep following that after you pass Mills River, you'll finally
get to Brevard. and that's about 45, 50 minutes from downtown Asheville.
Brevard has a population of about 8,000 people and is about five square miles in size.
Median sales price in Brevard is almost $300,000 and Brevard is located in Transylvania County.
So different taxes, again, different County.
Brevard is located between Pisgah National Forest, DuPont State Recreational Forest,
and Gorges State Park.
I mean, it has endless outdoors activities such as hiking, mountain biking, waterfall
hunting, fly fishing.
Much of that area is pretty much reinforced with about 90 inches of rain each year, hence
about 250 waterfalls.
The most visited waterfall is Looking Glass Fall.
And of course, summer favorite Sliding Rock.
Sliding Rock is the natural created rock that you sit on top and there's a waterfall going
down and you slide and it just dumps you into this pool of super cold water.
It's a lot of fun, but be prepared.
It's going to be very cold.
Cycling is huge in Brevard and in Transylvania in general.
With hundreds of miles of single track and gravel roads between Pisgah National Forest
and DuPont State Park.
But Brevard is not only a great place for somebody who loves outdoors and want to do
hiking and biking and explore all the great outdoors that we have, but also Brevard is
a home to the worldly known Brevard Music Center.
And it's extraordinary summer music festival.
In general, Brevard has a super vibrant live music community.
They also have a White Squirrel Festival each year, and supposedly white squirrels only
live in Brevard in rewind area.
So if you ever decide to visit Brevard or move to Brevard, be on the lookout for a white
squirrel.
The last area that I want to cover is West of Asheville.
About 30 minutes from downtown Asheville, we have Canton.
It's a super small quaint laid-back town with a population of about 4,000 people and is
occupying a little under four square miles.
Median sales price in Canton is $207,000.
Canton is located in Haywood County.
So again, different taxes, different property taxes in Haywood County.
Canton is the second largest town in Haywood County, main street over super cute downtown
and Canton has a few local restaurants, places to eat, get coffee or get some souvenirs,
local stores.
But unfortunately for Canton, paper mill is also located, I mean, basically in downtown
Canton right next to it.
I feel like half of the people who live in Canton or been to Canton say that they never
smell the paper mill, it's fine, no big deal.
And then other half say, yeah, it smells, it stinks.
At least at some point also it feels like it depends on the wind and the area where
you live, but yeah, it's there.
Oh, and do you want to hear a local joke?
So people in Asheville say, "eew, we smell your paper mill here in Asheville."
And to that people in Canton say, "eew, we smell your patchouli all the way in Canton."
I didn't make this up.
I read it online so I think it's kind of true and funny.
Moving on.
So in Canton, houses are very close together or can be close together and feels kind of
crowded but when you start going out into the community, you are really out in the country
with mountain views, less traffic, pastures.
And I feel like Canton and everything West of Asheville is one of the most beautiful
areas with just breathtaking views of pastures, mountains, mountain sides.
Our winding roads will take you to just a really adventurous.
You never know where this road might take you and each turn can open up as super beautiful
breathtaking scene of a pasture or side of the mountain, farm, and things like that.
So as you start moving out away from downtown, you'll see all that.
And it's going to, I promise you, it's going to take your breath away with all the mountains
in the back, kind of far away, not too close, super beautiful area.
If you keep moving West from Canton, you'll get to the largest town in Haywood County,
and that is Waynesville.
Waynesville is also located in Haywood County, like I said, with a population of about 10,000
people that live on about nine square miles.
Median sales price in Waynesville is about $254,000.
Waynesville also has super cute downtown, super walkable with bunch of little stores,
furniture stores, local stores, restaurants, coffee shops.
You can walk on both sides.
Super beautiful.
I personally love to go to Waynesville for an Apple Festival.
So Hendersonville has their Apple Festival in September and Waynesville has their Apple
Festival, I think, end of October, beginning of November.
And by that time, this area, our area all around Asheville bursts in flames of all the
different colors, it's so beautiful.
It's so stunning.
And if you walk down main street on Waynesville or drive and you just happen to look down
one of the streets and you catch a glimpse of the mountain and the road going up and
down like that, with all that foilage that's changing colors, it's going to take your breath
away.
It's literally my favorite little town for later in the season Apple Festival, and just
going and checking out with all the local stuff that's going on there.
Although Waynesville is kind of far from Asheville, about 50 minutes to an hour, it's super close
to Maggie Valley and Cataloochee Ski Area.
So if you like to ski or snowboard, you can just get to Cataloochee Ski Area in winter.
I mean, yeah, they have artificial snow for the most part because we haven't had really
snowy winters in the past few years, but that's an option for somebody who like to do outdoors
and things and be active all year round.
Well, I think that's about it.
I mean, there's a lot more, a little towns and villages all around the Asheville and
all around those towns that I talked about, but if I talk about all of them, we'll be
here all day.
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