Rutherfordton is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 3,654 people and eight associated neighborhoods, Rutherfordton is the 224th largest community in North Carolina.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Rutherfordton is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Rutherfordton is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Rutherfordton who work in food service (16.21%), sales jobs (13.30%), and office and administrative support (10.32%). Also of interest is that Rutherfordton has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Rutherfordton 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 overall education level of Rutherfordton citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 30.09% of adults in Rutherfordton have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%. The per capita income in Rutherfordton in 2022 was $31,631, 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 $126,524 for a family of four. However, Rutherfordton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Rutherfordton is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Rutherfordton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rutherfordton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Rutherfordton also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.69% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Rutherfordton include English, Irish, Italian, German, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Rutherfordton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
