Barnardsville vs Montreat

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

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

Montreat has the higher population (474 vs 431 in Barnardsville). Since 2019, Montreat's population has grown faster (+6.3% vs -41.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Barnardsville	Montreat
Population	431	474
Median age	35.8 yrs	20.1 yrs
Median home value	$139,300	—
Median gross rent	$1,565	—
Housing units	165	742
Homeownership rate	71.0%	47.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	24.7%
Unemployment rate	12.8%	11.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barnardsville	Montreat
Population	742 → 431 (-41.9%)	446 → 474 (+6.3%)
Median household income	$41,151 → $43,077 (+4.7%)	$99,583 → $190,750 (+91.5%)
Median home value	$129,700 → $139,300 (+7.4%)	$415,200 → $455,000 (+9.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,138 → $1,565 (+37.5%)	—

Barnardsville

Population

742431

Median household income

$41,151$43,077

Median home value

$129,700$139,300

Median gross rent

$1,138$1,565

Montreat

Population

446474

Median household income

$99,583$190,750

Median home value

$415,200$455,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barnardsville	Montreat
Under 5	13.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.2%	0.4%
18 to 24	4.2%	82.5%
25 to 34	14.6%	12.9%
35 to 44	9.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	10.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	12.5%	4.2%
65 to 74	3.5%	0.0%
75 and over	18.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barnardsville	Montreat
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	68.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	15.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	15.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barnardsville	Montreat
No high school diploma	41.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	17.3%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barnardsville	Montreat
Drove alone	82.9%	40.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	46.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.1%	10.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barnardsville	Montreat
1-unit, detached	83.0%	98.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Barnardsville	Montreat
Poverty rate	9.7%	0.0%
Average household size	3.12	3.95
Mean commute (minutes)	—	10
Median year structure built	1963	1957