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Ruthven city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Ruthven city is a Census city of 732 people across 0.41 square miles of land, in Palo Alto County. Median household income is $58,625, 78.4 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Ruthven
What Ruthven is
- Census place typecity
- Land area0.41 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,794
- County holding the largest share of its areaPalo Alto 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.
Ruthven
How many people live in Ruthven
- Population732
- Median age34.5 plus or minus 9.1
- Population under 18205 plus or minus 50
- Share under 1828.0 percent
- Population 65 and over109 plus or minus 31
- Share 65 and over14.9 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Households269 plus or minus 57
- Family households124 plus or minus 36
- Share of households that are families46.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ruthven
Income and work in Ruthven
- Median household income$58,625
- Per capita income$29,385
- Civilian labor force374 plus or minus 93
- Employed373 plus or minus 92
- Unemployed1 plus or minus 3
- Unemployment rate0.3 percent plus or minus 0.8
- Adults 25 and over446
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.6 percent plus or minus 22.2
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher18.6 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree2.0 percent plus or minus 2.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ruthven
Housing in Ruthven
- Housing units335
- Occupied units269 plus or minus 57
- Vacant units66 plus or minus 34
- Vacancy rate19.7 percent plus or minus 9.5
- Owner occupied211 plus or minus 49
- Renter occupied58 plus or minus 27
- Ownership rate78.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$105,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$608 plus or minus $130
- Annual rent as a share of median income12.4 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Single family units270 plus or minus 59
- Share single family80.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more53 plus or minus 30
- Share in buildings of two or more15.8 percent plus or minus 8.6
- Mobile homes12 plus or minus 15
- Median year structure built1957
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ruthven
How Ruthven gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute354 plus or minus 84
- Commuting under 15 minutes75 plus or minus 34
- Share commuting under 15 minutes21.2 percent plus or minus 8.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more88 plus or minus 43
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more24.9 percent plus or minus 10.7
- Drove alone73.7 percent
- Carpooled16.1 percent plus or minus 12.0
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked3.8 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Worked from home4.8 percent plus or minus 4.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Palo Alto County, not Ruthven
Palo Alto County context, not Ruthven figures
These are Palo Alto County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Ruthven measurements.
- Establishments in Palo Alto County272
- Employment at those establishments, Palo Alto County2,881
- Covered employment, Palo Alto County3,615
- Average annual pay, Palo Alto County$47,406
- Average weekly wage, Palo Alto County$912
- Housing units permitted, Palo Alto County10
- Of those, single family, Palo Alto County10
- County product, 2024, Palo Alto County$796,293,000
- County product change over the prior year, Palo Alto County12.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Palo Alto County$51,412
Every figure in this section is published for Palo Alto County as a whole and is not a measurement of Ruthven. 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.
- 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
Ruthven questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Ruthven, Iowa?
732, in 269 households. Ruthven city covers 0.41 square miles of land, which is 1,794 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Ruthven in?
Palo Alto 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 Ruthven?
$58,625. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $105,700. Median gross rent is $608 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Ruthven figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Palo Alto 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 Ruthven.
Is zoning published for Ruthven?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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