Fletcher, North Carolina Fletcher, North Carolina Location of Fletcher, North Carolina Location of Fletcher, North Carolina State North Carolina Fletcher is a town in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States.
Fletcher is home to Asheville Regional Airport, which serves Western North Carolina.
A postal service called Fletcher has been in operation since 1886. The town took its name from the Fletcher family of pioneer settlers. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 5.3 square miles (14 km2), all of it land.
Due to its low tax base and family friendly surrounding, Fletcher is also a magnet for trade that chose the region for its beauty and richness of educated workers.
As of the census of 2000, there were 4,185 citizens , 1,744 homeholds, and 1,248 families residing in the town.
The ethnic makeup of the town was 93.60% White, 3.30% African American, 0.12% Native American, 1.27% Asian, 0.50% from other competitions, and 1.22% from two or more competitions.
There were 1,744 homeholds out of which 33.7% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 61.3% were married couples living together, 7.5% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 28.4% were non-families.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 23.8% under the age of 18, 5.6% from 18 to 24, 35.8% from 25 to 44, 24.6% from 45 to 64, and 10.1% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town was $45,426, and the median income for a family was $51,688.
The per capita income for the town was $20,607.
About 4.6% of families and 7.4% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 9.5% of those under age 18 and 10.7% of those age 65 or over.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
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