Biltmore Forest vs Emma

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

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

Emma has the higher population (2,757 vs 1,536 in Biltmore Forest). Biltmore Forest has the higher median household income ($172,500 vs $40,964 in Emma). Biltmore Forest has the higher median home value ($1,249,000 vs $88,900 in Emma).

Population, income & housing

	Biltmore Forest	Emma
Population	1,536	2,757
Median age	52.1 yrs	28.9 yrs
Median household income	$172,500	$40,964
Median home value	$1,249,000	$88,900
Median gross rent	—	$981
Housing units	782	1,021
Homeownership rate	97.4%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	85.3%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Biltmore Forest	Emma
Population	1,473 → 1,536 (+4.3%)	2,532 → 2,757 (+8.9%)
Median household income	$180,781 → $172,500 (-4.6%)	$36,144 → $40,964 (+13.3%)
Median home value	$910,400 → $1,249,000 (+37.2%)	$86,100 → $88,900 (+3.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,083 → $1,583 (+46.2%)	$909 → $981 (+7.9%)

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

Emma

Population

2,5322,757

Median household income

$36,144$40,964

Median home value

$86,100$88,900

Median gross rent

$909$981

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Biltmore Forest	Emma
Under 5	4.5%	7.6%
5 to 17	16.6%	21.7%
18 to 24	9.0%	19.2%
25 to 34	2.2%	8.3%
35 to 44	5.9%	16.6%
45 to 54	15.2%	4.4%
55 to 64	14.6%	4.2%
65 to 74	17.3%	15.1%
75 and over	14.6%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Biltmore Forest	Emma
White (non-Hispanic)	97.7%	31.3%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.7%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	66.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Biltmore Forest	Emma
No high school diploma	1.3%	21.8%
High school graduate	2.0%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	11.4%	20.3%
Bachelor's degree	40.0%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	45.3%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Biltmore Forest	Emma
Drove alone	70.4%	77.9%
Carpooled	5.0%	17.6%
Public transit	0.0%	4.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Biltmore Forest	Emma
1-unit, detached	97.7%	20.9%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	71.0%

Poverty & households

	Biltmore Forest	Emma
Poverty rate	2.4%	10.0%
Average household size	2.69	3.58
Mean commute (minutes)	18	20
Median year structure built	1959	1990