Ramseur is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 1,777 people and two associated neighborhoods, Ramseur is the 318th largest community in North Carolina.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Ramseur is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Ramseur is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ramseur who work in healthcare suport services (24.39%), office and administrative support (9.95%), and sales jobs (9.26%). Being a small town, Ramseur does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In Ramseur, just 10.17% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%. The per capita income in Ramseur in 2022 was $15,965, which is low income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $63,860 for a family of four. However, Ramseur contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Ramseur also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 45.29% of its population below the federal poverty line.Ramseur is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Ramseur home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ramseur residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Ramseur also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 24.93% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Ramseur include Irish, German, English, African, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Ramseur is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Urdu.
