Barnardsville vs Biltmore Forest

A side-by-side comparison of Barnardsville and Biltmore Forest: population, income, housing, and more.

Barnardsville and Biltmore Forest are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Biltmore Forest has the higher population (1,536 vs 431 in Barnardsville). Biltmore Forest has the higher median home value ($1,249,000 vs $139,300 in Barnardsville). Since 2019, Biltmore Forest's population has grown faster (+4.3% vs -41.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Barnardsville	Biltmore Forest
Population	431	1,536
Median age	35.8 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$172,500
Median home value	$139,300	$1,249,000
Median gross rent	$1,565	—
Housing units	165	782
Homeownership rate	71.0%	97.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	85.3%
Unemployment rate	12.8%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barnardsville	Biltmore Forest
Population	742 → 431 (-41.9%)	1,473 → 1,536 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$41,151 → $43,077 (+4.7%)	$180,781 → $172,500 (-4.6%)
Median home value	$129,700 → $139,300 (+7.4%)	$910,400 → $1,249,000 (+37.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,138 → $1,565 (+37.5%)	$1,083 → $1,583 (+46.2%)

Barnardsville

Population

742431

Median household income

$41,151$43,077

Median home value

$129,700$139,300

Median gross rent

$1,138$1,565

Biltmore Forest

Population

1,4731,536

Median household income

$180,781$172,500

Median home value

$910,400$1,249,000

Median gross rent

$1,083$1,583

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barnardsville	Biltmore Forest
Under 5	13.5%	4.5%
5 to 17	14.2%	16.6%
18 to 24	4.2%	9.0%
25 to 34	14.6%	2.2%
35 to 44	9.3%	5.9%
45 to 54	10.0%	15.2%
55 to 64	12.5%	14.6%
65 to 74	3.5%	17.3%
75 and over	18.3%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barnardsville	Biltmore Forest
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	97.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barnardsville	Biltmore Forest
No high school diploma	41.2%	1.3%
High school graduate	17.3%	2.0%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	11.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	40.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	45.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barnardsville	Biltmore Forest
Drove alone	82.9%	70.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	17.1%	24.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barnardsville	Biltmore Forest
1-unit, detached	83.0%	97.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Barnardsville	Biltmore Forest
Poverty rate	9.7%	2.4%
Average household size	3.12	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	—	18
Median year structure built	1963	1959