About Ranburne

Ranburne is a tiny town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 478 people and just one neighborhood, Ranburne is the 320th largest community in Alabama.

When you are in Ranburne, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 48.4% of Ranburne's employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 24.7% that do. Overall, Ranburne is a town of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Ranburne who work in office and administrative support jobs (12.90%), management occupations (7.66%), and sales jobs (7.66%).

Ranburne is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Ranburne isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 98.37% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

As is often the case in a small town, Ranburne doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Ranburne Information and Demographics

The citizens of Ranburne have a very low rate of college education: just 8.76% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 14.96% for all cities.

The per capita income in Ranburne in 2000 was $19,708, which is wealthy relative to Alabama, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $78,832 for a family of four.

The people who call Ranburne home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Ranburne is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Ranburne include Irish and English.

The most common language spoken in Ranburne is English. Some people also speak Spanish.