Much of South Asheville lies within the 28803 ZIP code; some parts of 28704 are also included. Neither Biltmore Forest nor Biltmore Estate is part of the city.
A lot of the neighborhood’s housing stock is concentrated along several major thoroughfares. Developments on Hendersonville Road include Crowfields Condominiums, Weirbridge Village and the Deerfield retirement community; Sweeten Creek Road has Ballantree, Givens Estates, Hollybrook, Park Avenue, The Views of Asheville and the Avalon at Sweeten Creek apartments. Southside Village and the Palisades apartments are on Mills Gap Road; Biltmore Park is off Long Shoals Road. The Shiloh community lies between Hendersonville and Sweeten Creek roads, bounded by Rock Hill Road to the south.
Looking beyond the city limits, Heidi Reiber, director of research for the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce, says that since 2010, South Buncombe’s 8.6 percent population growth (from 47,329 to an estimated 51,383) has slightly exceeded the city’s 8 percent increase. And over the next five years, South Buncombe is expected to grow at a 7.5 percent rate, versus 6.1 percent for Asheville as a whole, notes Reiber, citing statistics from The Nielsen Co.
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