Biltmore Forest vs Fairview

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

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

Fairview has the higher population (2,327 vs 1,536 in Biltmore Forest). Biltmore Forest has the higher median household income ($172,500 vs $74,388 in Fairview). Biltmore Forest has the higher median home value ($1,249,000 vs $373,200 in Fairview).

Population, income & housing

	Biltmore Forest	Fairview
Population	1,536	2,327
Median age	52.1 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$172,500	$74,388
Median home value	$1,249,000	$373,200
Housing units	782	1,159
Homeownership rate	97.4%	94.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	85.3%	49.6%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Biltmore Forest	Fairview
Population	1,473 → 1,536 (+4.3%)	2,878 → 2,327 (-19.1%)
Median household income	$180,781 → $172,500 (-4.6%)	$59,796 → $74,388 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$910,400 → $1,249,000 (+37.2%)	$283,300 → $373,200 (+31.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,083 → $1,583 (+46.2%)	$576 → $629 (+9.2%)

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

Fairview

Population

2,8782,327

Median household income

$59,796$74,388

Median home value

$283,300$373,200

Median gross rent

$576$629

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Biltmore Forest	Fairview
Under 5	4.5%	7.2%
5 to 17	16.6%	13.7%
18 to 24	9.0%	7.0%
25 to 34	2.2%	13.4%
35 to 44	5.9%	8.3%
45 to 54	15.2%	5.3%
55 to 64	14.6%	12.4%
65 to 74	17.3%	20.7%
75 and over	14.6%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Biltmore Forest	Fairview
White (non-Hispanic)	97.7%	93.7%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
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%	5.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Biltmore Forest	Fairview
No high school diploma	1.3%	1.3%
High school graduate	2.0%	25.4%
Some college or associate's	11.4%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	40.0%	34.2%
Graduate or professional degree	45.3%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Biltmore Forest	Fairview
Drove alone	70.4%	92.3%
Carpooled	5.0%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.1%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Biltmore Forest	Fairview
1-unit, detached	97.7%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	19.5%

Poverty & households

	Biltmore Forest	Fairview
Poverty rate	2.4%	12.1%
Average household size	2.69	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	18	24
Median year structure built	1959	1991