Ronda is a tiny town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 442 people and two associated neighborhoods, Ronda is the 498th largest community in North Carolina.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Ronda is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 41.62% of the Ronda workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Ronda is a town of production and manufacturing workers, transportation and shipping workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ronda who work in maintenance occupations (10.66%), office and administrative support (8.12%), and business and financial occupations (7.61%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 16.24% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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!) Ronda 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. Ronda has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Ronda than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Ronda may be for you. As is often the case in a small town, Ronda doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The education level of Ronda citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 17.53% of adults 25 and older in Ronda have a college degree. The per capita income in Ronda in 2022 was $21,655, which is low income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $86,620 for a family of four. However, Ronda contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Ronda home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ronda residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Ronda include English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and Danish. The most common language spoken in Ronda is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Armenian.
