What is the population of Ranlo town?

Ranlo town has 4,556 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #184 of 777 in North Carolina.

What is the median household income in Ranlo town?

Median household income in Ranlo town is $75,843 a year, 3.4% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Ranlo town?

Median gross rent is $1,574 a month and the median home value is $184,500, so rent absorbs about 24.9% of median household income.

Is Ranlo town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Ranlo town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 24.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Ranlo, NC population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Ranlo, North Carolina (Ranlo, NC — Census place “Ranlo town”) is 4,556 residents, ranking #184 of 777 places in North Carolina. Median household income is $75,843, the median home is worth $184,500 and median gross rent runs $1,574 a month. Looking for the Ranlo North Carolina ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Ranlo, NC: 28054.

Population: 4,556Ranlo town residents
Median household income: $75,843Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $184,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,574Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 35 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 61.1%Owner-occupied households

Ranlo ZIP codes (North Carolina)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Ranlo.

The Ranlo NC ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

28054

What the numbers mean in Ranlo town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Ranlo town median would spend about 24.9% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 5.6% of residents and 61.1% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Ranlo town, NC in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Ranlo town is a small town in North Carolina, with 4,556 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #184 of 777 ranked by population — larger than 76% of them. The median age here is 35 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Ranlo town earn a median of $75,843 a year, 3.4% below the national figure of $78,538 and 24% above the $61,228 median for the 459 North Carolina cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 5.6% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Ranlo town is valued at $184,500, 39.2% below the national figure and 16% below the $219,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,574 a month, 11.9% above the national figure, or roughly $18,888 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 24.9% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 61.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Ranlo town?: Ranlo town has 4,556 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #184 of 777 in North Carolina.
What is the median household income in Ranlo town?: Median household income in Ranlo town is $75,843 a year, 3.4% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Ranlo town?: Median gross rent is $1,574 a month and the median home value is $184,500, so rent absorbs about 24.9% of median household income.
Is Ranlo town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Ranlo town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 24.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Ranlo town data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.