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Ruth CDP, California: commercial real estate data.
Ruth CDP is a Census CDP of 480 people across 38.86 square miles of land, in Trinity County. Median household income is $78,247, 32.3 percent of occupied homes are owned.
47 sourced place values · tier FULL · 6 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
This is a small place, and the figures below carry wide margins.
The American Community Survey reaches Ruth through a sample, not a count, and in a place this size that sample is thin. The population estimate here is 480 with a margin of error of plus or minus 384, which is 80.0 percent of the estimate itself. Every figure whose margin reaches 20 percent is printed with that margin beside it, so you can see the width of each one rather than having to assume it.
Nothing has been removed or adjusted. These are the published federal estimates, shown with the uncertainty the Census publishes alongside them.
Ruth
What Ruth is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area38.86 sq mi
- Water area1.68 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land12 plus or minus 10
- County holding the largest share of its areaTrinity County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ruth
How many people live in Ruth
- Population480 plus or minus 384
- Median age57.5
- Population under 1810 plus or minus 26
- Share under 182.1 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Population 65 and over126 plus or minus 89
- Share 65 and over26.3 percent plus or minus 28.1
- Households158 plus or minus 124
- Family households131 plus or minus 120
- Share of households that are families82.9 percent plus or minus 39.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ruth
Income and work in Ruth
- Median household income$78,247
- Per capita income$37,431 plus or minus $14,486
- Civilian labor force320 plus or minus 349
- Employed307 plus or minus 350
- Unemployed13 plus or minus 24
- Unemployment rate4.1 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Adults 25 and over466 plus or minus 371
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher74.0 percent plus or minus 81.1
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher3.2 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree1.9 percent plus or minus 3.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ruth
Housing in Ruth
- Housing units313 plus or minus 131
- Occupied units158 plus or minus 124
- Vacant units155 plus or minus 56
- Vacancy rate49.5 percent plus or minus 27.4
- Owner occupied51 plus or minus 46
- Renter occupied107 plus or minus 118
- Ownership rate32.3 percent plus or minus 14.3
- Single family units209 plus or minus 123
- Share single family66.8 percent plus or minus 27.5
- Units in buildings of two or more0
- Share in buildings of two or more0.0 percent
- Mobile homes89 plus or minus 47
- Median year structure built1986
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ruth
How Ruth gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute307 plus or minus 350
- Commuting under 15 minutes0
- Share commuting under 15 minutes0.0 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more189 plus or minus 244
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more61.6 percent plus or minus 37.2
- Drove alone98.7 percent
- Carpooled0.0 percent
- Public transport1.3 percent plus or minus 12.9
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home0.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Trinity County, not Ruth
Trinity County context, not Ruth figures
These are Trinity County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Ruth measurements.
- Establishments in Trinity County234
- Employment at those establishments, Trinity County1,426
- Covered employment, Trinity County2,918
- Average annual pay, Trinity County$56,151
- Average weekly wage, Trinity County$1,080
- Housing units permitted, Trinity County21
- Of those, single family, Trinity County21
- County product, 2024, Trinity County$598,267,000
- County product change over the prior year, Trinity County14.8 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Trinity County$58,899
Every figure in this section is published for Trinity County as a whole and is not a measurement of Ruth. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- No median owner-occupied home value is published for this place.
- No median gross rent is published for this place.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Ruth questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Ruth, California?
480, in 158 households. Ruth CDP covers 38.86 square miles of land, which is 12 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Ruth in?
Trinity County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Ruth?
$78,247. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Ruth figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Trinity County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Ruth.
Is zoning published for Ruth?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.