North Carolina · Census place 3705880

Biltmore Forest, North Carolina

Biltmore Forest is a town in Buncombe County, North Carolina with an estimated 1,462 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 293rd largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,462
#293 of 335 in North Carolina
Change since 2020
+4.4%
+62 people
Land area
2.9 sq mi
Density
502 / sq mi
State median 1,316
Orange pin: Biltmore Forest. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Raleigh.

Biltmore Forest population, 2020 to 2024

Biltmore Forest added 62 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.4%. In the latest year it moved by +20.

1,40020201,41720211,43520221,44220231,4622024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,397. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Biltmore Forest covers 2.91 square miles of land, for 502 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Biltmore Forest is less dense than the typical town.

What county Biltmore Forest is in

All of Biltmore Forest's residents live in Buncombe County, which had 279,210 residents in 2024. Biltmore Forest holds 0.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Biltmore Forest

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Biltmore Forest by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 28803. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Biltmore Forest is

The Census internal point of Biltmore Forest is at 35.534900, -82.537900. Raleigh, the capital, is 219.5 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Asheville, NC (94,992 people), 2.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Knoxville, TN, 84.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
35.534900, -82.537900
DMS
35°32'5.64"N 82°32'16.44"W
UTM
17N 360578.0E 3933451.7N
Geohash
dnm61uctz
Plus code
867VGFM6+XR

Daylight in Biltmore Forest

At 35.53° N, Biltmore Forest gets about 14 h 34 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 45 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 49 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Biltmore Forest

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Asheville, 2.6 miles away, with 94,992 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Biltmore Forest, NC?

1,462 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 62 (4.4%) from 1,400 in July 2020.

What county is Biltmore Forest in?

Buncombe County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Biltmore Forest?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 28803.

How far is Biltmore Forest from Raleigh?

219.5 miles (353.3 km) in a straight line, heading E from Biltmore Forest.

What is the nearest larger city to Biltmore Forest?

Asheville, NC, with 94,992 residents, 2.6 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.