Census-designated place · Carter County, Tennessee

Biltmore, Tennessee

Biltmore is a census-designated place in Carter County, Tennessee, part of the Johnson City, TN metro area. It has 1,846 residents. Biltmore, Tennessee has a quality-of-life score of 23 out of 100 (low), ranking #12,005 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Tennessee it ranks #143 of 305 cities and towns. It ranks best on income inequality (Gini index) (low), hot days (low) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (low). It ranks worst on depression (high), food environment index (low) and frequent mental distress (high).

23Low

Quality-of-life score: #12,005 of 15,651 cities and towns
Tennessee: #143 of 305 in TN
Population: 1,846 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 719.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 4706020

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 72 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety32#10,667/15,637
Economy26#11,638/15,631
Housing98#373/14,977
Health3#15,211/15,609
Healthcare11#13,867/15,650
Environment95#834/15,453
Education24#11,821/15,649
Infrastructure29#11,112/15,650
Community15#13,340/15,651
Leisure & amenities5#14,835/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Biltmore, Tennessee ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Carter County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.289
98/100Tennessee 0.476United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Hot days · low1 days
97/100Tennessee 32 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationCarter County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low6.3 µg/m³
86/100Tennessee 7.9 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyCarter County value
Mammography screening · high53.0%
85/100Tennessee 46.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCarter County value
Rent as share of income · low24.4%
84/100Tennessee 29.5%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Social associations · high13.3 /10k
84/100Tennessee 11.0 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCarter County value

Weaknesses

Depression · high33.8%
1/100Tennessee 29.0%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Food environment index · low5.3
2/100Tennessee 6.3United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCarter County value
Frequent mental distress · high23.2%
2/100Tennessee 22.0%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
3/100Tennessee 0.4 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesCarter County value
Adult smoking · high23.3%
4/100Tennessee 21.0%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Restaurants and bars · low4.2 /10k
5/100Tennessee 7.7 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCarter County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Child poverty rateImproving
46.3% (2016-2020) → 12.5% (2020-2024)
−34 pts4 yearsCensus table B17001US 15.7% → 15.5%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
56.0% (2016-2020) → 23.3% (2020-2024)
−33 pts4 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.1% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
73.3% (2016-2020) → 92.8% (2020-2024)
+20 pts4 yearsCensus table B28002US 85.2% → 91.0%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
26.7% (2016-2020) → 8.9% (2020-2024)
−18 pts4 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.4% → 9.8%
Poverty rateImproving
26.2% (2016-2020) → 9.6% (2020-2024)
−17 pts4 yearsCensus table B17001US 11.9% → 12.1%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
30.9% (2016-2020) → 24.4% (2020-2024)
−6.5 pts4 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.6% → 30.6%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

There is not enough history to compare Biltmore, Tennessee over five years.

Cities and towns like Biltmore, Tennessee five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Biltmore, Tennessee in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

No place that looked like Biltmore, Tennessee five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,846 residents (±457)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,846 residents (±457)

Biltmore, Tennessee
Tennessee share

White95%1,749
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino3.2%†59

Education

1,213 residents (±268)

Biltmore, Tennessee
Tennessee share

No high school diploma6.9%†84
High school or GED56%680
Some college18%†220

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

738 households (±147)

Biltmore, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Under $25k16%†119
$25k–50k29%†211
$50k–75k31%†230
$75k–100k17%†126
$100k–150k6.1%†45
$150k–200k0.9%†7
$200k or more0.0%0

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

738 households (±147)

Biltmore, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Own63%467
Rent37%†271

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

193 households (±77)

Biltmore, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Under $75034%†66
$750–1,00041%†80
$1,000–1,50024%†47

Home values

467 homes (±124)

Biltmore, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Under $150k73%†341
$150k–250k15%†70
$250k–400k12%†56

Age of homes

924 homes (±137)

Biltmore, Tennessee
Tennessee share

2010 or later6.1%†56
2000–200910%†96
1980–199920%†188

Size of homes

924 homes (±137)

Biltmore, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom1.4%†13
2 bedrooms50%464
3 bedrooms

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

800 workers (±242)

Biltmore, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Drive alone90%†721
Carpool4.1%†33
Public transit0.0%0
Walk1.0%†8
Bike0.0%0
Work from home4.8%†38
Other0.0%0

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

762 workers (±246)

Biltmore, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Under 15 min24%†181
15–29 min38%†287
30–44 min28%†213

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Johnson City, TN

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Carter County, the county holding most of Biltmore's residents.

Carter County has 751 employer establishments, 132 for every 10,000 residents (0.53× the US rate of 248; 0.63× Tennessee's), with 9,177 paid employees at an average annual pay of $36,575. The Census Bureau also counts 3,657 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 751; 3,657 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 132; US 248 · Tennessee 210
Paid employees: 9,177
Average annual pay: $36,575; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Carter County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Religious organizations	73	12.8	2.31×More than typical	257	$20,638	—
Restaurants and other eating places	65	11.4	0.62×Fewer than typical	1,294	$18,808	17
Ambulatory health care services	62	10.9	0.52×Fewer than typical	561	$60,909	110
Specialty trade contractors	46	8.1	0.52×Fewer than typical	166	$46,735	450
Limited-service restaurants	36	6.3	0.79×Fewer than typical	861	$17,053	8
Full-service restaurants	26	4.6	0.59×Fewer than typical	371	$21,655	6
Services to buildings and dwellings	25	4.4	0.65×Fewer than typical	131	$32,351	390
Building equipment contractors	24	4.2	0.70×Fewer than typical	92	$42,489	89
Gasoline stations	24	4.2	1.30×More than typical	158	$27,139	—
Construction of buildings	23	4	0.53×Fewer than typical	65	$36,369	228
Lessors of real estate	23	4	0.33×Fewer than typical	61	$21,148	219
Offices of physicians	22	3.9	0.60×Fewer than typical	141	$84,085	12

Rank places for an industry Open Carter County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 57,047 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $583 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Biltmore, Tennessee: $0.32 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $583; −92% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0.32; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of Veterans Affairs$583100%

Top recipients

CHAPPELLS PEST CONTROL LLC$583100%

Spending by fiscal year

35.3KFY2017
39.8KFY2018
31.6KFY2019
37.2KFY2020
35.6KFY2021
36.8KFY2022
12.1KFY2023
11.9KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$583100%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Biltmore, Tennessee, so they do not add up across cities.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Biltmore is mostly in Carter County.

See federal money in Carter County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Biltmore, Tennessee is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Diana HarshbargerR-TN-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 1.3%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Carter County27100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Johnson City, TN45

Other cities and towns in Carter County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

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Trends

What changed in five years

Cities and towns like Biltmore, Tennessee five years ago that improved