Pisgah Forest is a somewhat small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 8,809 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.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.38% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

Pisgah Forest is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

The education level of Pisgah Forest citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 35.82% of adults in Pisgah Forest have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Pisgah Forest in 2018 was $33,093, 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 $132,372 for a family of four. However, Pisgah Forest contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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.