Montreat, North Carolina

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1970= 581
|1980= 741
|1990= 693
|2000= 630
|2010= 723
|2020= 901
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Montreat racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US3744100&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-19|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
| 740
| 82.13%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 75
| 8.32%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 3
| 0.33%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 6
| 0.67%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 10
| 1.11%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 67
| 7.44%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 901 people, 69 households, and 57 families residing in the town.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 630 people, 185 households, and 98 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|227.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 572 housing units at an average density of {{convert|206.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 95.40% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.95% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.63% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.63% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.79% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.59% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.43% of the population.

There were 185 households, out of which 11.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.1% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 2.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 47.0% were non-families. 37.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 20.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.16 and the average family size was 2.63.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 9.4% under the age of 18, 45.7% from 18 to 24, 10.3% from 25 to 44, 11.6% from 45 to 64, and 23.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 23 years. For every 100 females there were 102.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.8 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $45,625, and the median income for a family was $60,625. Males had a median income of $39,375 versus $22,292 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $16,699. About 3.6% of families and 11.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 7.8% of those under age 18 and 3.9% of those age 65 or over.

The town is the location of the main campus of [[Montreat College]].