Bent Creek vs Montreat

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

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

Bent Creek has the higher population (1,854 vs 474 in Montreat). Since 2019, Bent Creek's population has grown faster (+11.3% vs +6.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Bent Creek	Montreat
Population	1,854	474
Median age	43.6 yrs	20.1 yrs
Median household income	$52,485	—
Median home value	$377,500	—
Median gross rent	$1,914	—
Housing units	719	742
Homeownership rate	78.7%	47.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.6%	24.7%
Unemployment rate	22.0%	11.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bent Creek	Montreat
Population	1,666 → 1,854 (+11.3%)	446 → 474 (+6.3%)
Median household income	$83,324 → $52,485 (-37.0%)	$99,583 → $190,750 (+91.5%)
Median home value	$245,900 → $377,500 (+53.5%)	$415,200 → $455,000 (+9.6%)

Bent Creek

Population

1,6661,854

Median household income

$83,324$52,485

Median home value

$245,900$377,500

Montreat

Population

446474

Median household income

$99,583$190,750

Median home value

$415,200$455,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bent Creek	Montreat
Under 5	5.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.4%	0.4%
18 to 24	10.0%	82.5%
25 to 34	3.4%	12.9%
35 to 44	22.6%	0.0%
45 to 54	20.5%	0.0%
55 to 64	6.4%	4.2%
65 to 74	5.2%	0.0%
75 and over	11.9%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bent Creek	Montreat
White (non-Hispanic)	98.5%	68.4%
Black or African American	0.1%	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	0.1%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	15.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bent Creek	Montreat
No high school diploma	12.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	27.1%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bent Creek	Montreat
Drove alone	71.7%	40.6%
Carpooled	2.4%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.2%	46.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.7%	10.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bent Creek	Montreat
1-unit, detached	77.5%	98.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bent Creek	Montreat
Poverty rate	11.8%	0.0%
Average household size	2.88	3.95
Mean commute (minutes)	17	10
Median year structure built	1977	1957