Biltmore Forest vs Montreat

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

Biltmore Forest and Montreat 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 474 in Montreat). Since 2019, Montreat's population has grown faster (+6.3% vs +4.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Biltmore Forest	Montreat
Population	1,536	474
Median age	52.1 yrs	20.1 yrs
Median household income	$172,500	—
Median home value	$1,249,000	—
Housing units	782	742
Homeownership rate	97.4%	47.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	85.3%	24.7%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	11.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Biltmore Forest	Montreat
Population	1,473 → 1,536 (+4.3%)	446 → 474 (+6.3%)
Median household income	$180,781 → $172,500 (-4.6%)	$99,583 → $190,750 (+91.5%)
Median home value	$910,400 → $1,249,000 (+37.2%)	$415,200 → $455,000 (+9.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,083 → $1,583 (+46.2%)	—

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

Montreat

Population

446474

Median household income

$99,583$190,750

Median home value

$415,200$455,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Biltmore Forest	Montreat
Under 5	4.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.6%	0.4%
18 to 24	9.0%	82.5%
25 to 34	2.2%	12.9%
35 to 44	5.9%	0.0%
45 to 54	15.2%	0.0%
55 to 64	14.6%	4.2%
65 to 74	17.3%	0.0%
75 and over	14.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Biltmore Forest	Montreat
White (non-Hispanic)	97.7%	68.4%
Black or African American	0.2%	15.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	15.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Biltmore Forest	Montreat
No high school diploma	1.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	2.0%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	11.4%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree	40.0%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	45.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Biltmore Forest	Montreat
Drove alone	70.4%	40.6%
Carpooled	5.0%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	46.3%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.1%	10.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Biltmore Forest	Montreat
1-unit, detached	97.7%	98.9%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Biltmore Forest	Montreat
Poverty rate	2.4%	0.0%
Average household size	2.69	3.95
Mean commute (minutes)	18	10
Median year structure built	1959	1957