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.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 professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Rutherfordton who work in food service (10.86%), office and administrative support (10.60%), and sales jobs (8.42%). 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. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.52% 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. As is often the case in a small town, Rutherfordton doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The education level of Rutherfordton citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 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.
