Bessemer City vs Ranlo

A side-by-side comparison of Bessemer City and Ranlo: population, income, housing, and more.

Bessemer City and Ranlo are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bessemer City has the higher population (5,508 vs 4,556 in Ranlo). Ranlo has the higher median household income ($75,843 vs $48,784 in Bessemer City). Ranlo has the higher median home value ($184,500 vs $173,000 in Bessemer City).

Population, income & housing

	Bessemer City	Ranlo
Population	5,508	4,556
Median age	34.3 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$48,784	$75,843
Median home value	$173,000	$184,500
Median gross rent	$942	$1,574
Housing units	2,397	1,724
Homeownership rate	55.9%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	20.6%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bessemer City	Ranlo
Population	5,471 → 5,508 (+0.7%)	3,604 → 4,556 (+26.4%)
Median household income	$40,714 → $48,784 (+19.8%)	$56,800 → $75,843 (+33.5%)
Median home value	$109,100 → $173,000 (+58.6%)	$139,900 → $184,500 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$772 → $942 (+22.0%)	$1,075 → $1,574 (+46.4%)

Bessemer City

Population

5,4715,508

Median household income

$40,714$48,784

Median home value

$109,100$173,000

Median gross rent

$772$942

Ranlo

Population

3,6044,556

Median household income

$56,800$75,843

Median home value

$139,900$184,500

Median gross rent

$1,075$1,574

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bessemer City	Ranlo
Under 5	6.8%	5.2%
5 to 17	13.7%	24.8%
18 to 24	10.5%	5.7%
25 to 34	19.7%	14.2%
35 to 44	8.0%	17.9%
45 to 54	13.4%	9.9%
55 to 64	11.2%	6.1%
65 to 74	10.6%	11.0%
75 and over	6.1%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bessemer City	Ranlo
White (non-Hispanic)	78.7%	43.2%
Black or African American	11.0%	38.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
Asian	0.1%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	12.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bessemer City	Ranlo
No high school diploma	18.0%	8.6%
High school graduate	36.8%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bessemer City	Ranlo
Drove alone	78.8%	82.8%
Carpooled	15.5%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	0.7%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	7.7%
Other means	0.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bessemer City	Ranlo
1-unit, detached	74.8%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	6.7%
20 or more units	4.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Bessemer City	Ranlo
Poverty rate	16.3%	5.6%
Average household size	2.56	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1970	2001