Asheboro vs Ramseur

A side-by-side comparison of Asheboro and Ramseur: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Asheboro has the higher population (27,353 vs 2,061 in Ramseur). Asheboro has the higher median household income ($48,628 vs $29,508 in Ramseur). Asheboro has the higher median home value ($162,800 vs $130,000 in Ramseur).

Population, income & housing

	Asheboro	Ramseur
Population	27,353	2,061
Median age	36.1 yrs	30.2 yrs
Median household income	$48,628	$29,508
Median home value	$162,800	$130,000
Median gross rent	$855	$686
Housing units	12,269	781
Homeownership rate	46.6%	42.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	9.9%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Asheboro	Ramseur
Population	25,852 → 27,353 (+5.8%)	1,817 → 2,061 (+13.4%)
Median household income	$38,211 → $48,628 (+27.3%)	$30,694 → $29,508 (-3.9%)
Median home value	$120,900 → $162,800 (+34.7%)	$101,000 → $130,000 (+28.7%)
Median gross rent	$670 → $855 (+27.6%)	$614 → $686 (+11.7%)

Asheboro

Population

25,85227,353

Median household income

$38,211$48,628

Median home value

$120,900$162,800

Median gross rent

$670$855

Ramseur

Population

1,8172,061

Median household income

$30,694$29,508

Median home value

$101,000$130,000

Median gross rent

$614$686

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Asheboro	Ramseur
Under 5	6.5%	14.5%
5 to 17	19.6%	22.9%
18 to 24	7.4%	6.6%
25 to 34	14.0%	16.7%
35 to 44	15.0%	8.5%
45 to 54	10.7%	10.1%
55 to 64	9.4%	7.6%
65 to 74	8.5%	3.8%
75 and over	9.0%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Asheboro	Ramseur
White (non-Hispanic)	52.8%	68.4%
Black or African American	14.1%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	27.7%	25.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Asheboro	Ramseur
No high school diploma	16.8%	15.9%
High school graduate	30.7%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Asheboro	Ramseur
Drove alone	82.9%	82.8%
Carpooled	10.4%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	4.2%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Asheboro	Ramseur
1-unit, detached	52.1%	65.6%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	16.8%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	14.8%	25.5%
20 or more units	4.7%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Asheboro	Ramseur
Poverty rate	20.2%	53.3%
Average household size	2.30	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1981	1972