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That's a really good question. We went thru the same thought process since we also live in a very "white" town.
We were referred to our adoption attorney by a friend of mine in town who had adopted 2 biracial children. She doesn't seem to think it's a problem, and her husband is the principal of one of the elementary schools in town.
As it turns out, both of our boys are Hispanic. My husband is Italian-American and has fairly dark skin, so when he's with us some people definitely assume that he's their biological father. It's kind of surprising to me, though, because my older son definitely looks Mexican (which he is), not Italian. But whatever.
We haven't had too many comments about race, although one little boy on the playground just yesterday asked his mother if my son was white, then he said to my son "Are you white?" Fortunately, my son is only 2 and had no idea what the kid was talking about. One other time we were on vacation in a small New England town and my son was drinking mango juice. A man walked by, looked at the juice, and said "It looks like that's ethnic for him!" What???
Overall, though, I don't think my kids are going to have a problem growing up non-white in a white town. I think as long as they feel secure in the family and know that YOU don't feel awkward about it, they'll be OK.
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