Rutherfordton is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 3,718 people and eight associated neighborhoods, Rutherfordton is the 224th largest community in North Carolina.

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.

A relatively large number of people in Rutherfordton telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.52% 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.

Being a small town, Rutherfordton does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The citizens of Rutherfordton are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 34.98% of adults in Rutherfordton have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Rutherfordton in 2022 was $36,380, 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 $145,520 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. Important ancestries of people in Rutherfordton include English, Irish, German, Italian, and Scots-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Rutherfordton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.