Biltmore vs Elizabethton

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

Biltmore and Elizabethton are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Elizabethton has the higher population (14,364 vs 1,998 in Biltmore). Biltmore has the higher median household income ($49,280 vs $44,834 in Elizabethton). Elizabethton has the higher median home value ($159,700 vs $117,800 in Biltmore).

Population, income & housing

	Biltmore	Elizabethton
Population	1,998	14,364
Median age	32.9 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$49,280	$44,834
Median home value	$117,800	$159,700
Median gross rent	$739	$751
Housing units	934	6,729
Homeownership rate	62.2%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	25.2%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Biltmore	Elizabethton
Population	1,796 → 1,998 (+11.2%)	13,577 → 14,364 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$40,855 → $49,280 (+20.6%)	$36,863 → $44,834 (+21.6%)
Median home value	$93,800 → $117,800 (+25.6%)	$124,000 → $159,700 (+28.8%)
Median gross rent	$812 → $739 (-9.0%)	$641 → $751 (+17.2%)

Biltmore

Population

1,7961,998

Median household income

$40,855$49,280

Median home value

$93,800$117,800

Median gross rent

$812$739

Elizabethton

Population

13,57714,364

Median household income

$36,863$44,834

Median home value

$124,000$159,700

Median gross rent

$641$751

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Biltmore	Elizabethton
Under 5	11.8%	5.1%
5 to 17	13.1%	13.9%
18 to 24	14.0%	9.6%
25 to 34	11.4%	15.7%
35 to 44	9.9%	10.8%
45 to 54	10.4%	13.1%
55 to 64	15.5%	10.6%
65 to 74	8.3%	10.4%
75 and over	5.7%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Biltmore	Elizabethton
White (non-Hispanic)	95.8%	90.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.6%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Biltmore	Elizabethton
No high school diploma	7.5%	11.4%
High school graduate	56.0%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	20.1%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Biltmore	Elizabethton
Drove alone	80.4%	78.1%
Carpooled	9.9%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	10.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Biltmore	Elizabethton
1-unit, detached	58.6%	65.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	11.3%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	15.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	28.1%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Biltmore	Elizabethton
Poverty rate	14.5%	19.0%
Average household size	2.58	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	29	22
Median year structure built	1974	1964