Pisgah Forest is a somewhat small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 8,865 people and two associated neighborhoods, Pisgah Forest is the 105th largest community in North Carolina. Pisgah Forest real estate is some of the most expensive in North Carolina, although Pisgah Forest house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Pisgah Forest is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Pisgah Forest is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pisgah Forest who work in office and administrative support (13.93%), management occupations (13.41%), and sales jobs (8.26%). A relatively large number of people in Pisgah Forest telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 13.08% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Pisgah Forest has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Pisgah Forest has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Pisgah Forest than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Pisgah Forest may be for you. As is often the case in a small town, Pisgah Forest doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The citizens of Pisgah Forest are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 36.66% of adults in Pisgah Forest have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Pisgah Forest in 2022 was $35,734, which is upper middle income relative to North Carolina, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $142,936 for a family of four. However, Pisgah Forest contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Pisgah Forest is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Pisgah Forest home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pisgah Forest residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Pisgah Forest include English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Pisgah Forest is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
