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Ruleville city, Mississippi: commercial real estate data.
Ruleville city is a Census city of 2,632 people across 2.52 square miles of land, in Sunflower County. Median household income is $33,480, 43.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $142,600.
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Ruleville
What Ruleville is
- Census place typecity
- Land area2.52 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,045
- County holding the largest share of its areaSunflower 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.
Ruleville
How many people live in Ruleville
- Population2,632
- Median age29.7
- Population under 18648 plus or minus 185
- Share under 1824.6 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Population 65 and over378 plus or minus 117
- Share 65 and over14.4 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Households750
- Family households542 plus or minus 116
- Share of households that are families72.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ruleville
Income and work in Ruleville
- Median household income$33,480 plus or minus $8,558
- Per capita income$21,109 plus or minus $9,006
- Civilian labor force1,203 plus or minus 274
- Employed964 plus or minus 228
- Unemployed239 plus or minus 153
- Unemployment rate19.9 percent plus or minus 11.9
- Adults 25 and over1,637
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher78.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher13.1 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree2.5 percent plus or minus 1.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ruleville
Housing in Ruleville
- Housing units893
- Occupied units750
- Vacant units143 plus or minus 73
- Vacancy rate16.0 percent plus or minus 7.9
- Owner occupied324 plus or minus 112
- Renter occupied426 plus or minus 94
- Ownership rate43.2 percent plus or minus 13.2
- Median owner-occupied home value$85,000 plus or minus $27,296
- Median gross rent, monthly$694
- Annual rent as a share of median income24.9 percent plus or minus 6.8
- Single family units545
- Share single family61.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more279 plus or minus 97
- Share in buildings of two or more31.2 percent plus or minus 10.0
- Mobile homes69 plus or minus 41
- Median year structure built1977
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ruleville
How Ruleville gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute897 plus or minus 222
- Commuting under 15 minutes406 plus or minus 175
- Share commuting under 15 minutes45.3 percent plus or minus 16.0
- Commuting 30 minutes or more194 plus or minus 101
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more21.6 percent plus or minus 9.9
- Drove alone82.9 percent
- Carpooled13.4 percent plus or minus 8.2
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.0 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Worked from home2.7 percent plus or minus 2.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ruleville
SBA 7(a) lending to Ruleville borrowers
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$142,600
- Average approval$142,600
- Median approval$142,600
- Ninetieth percentile approval$142,600
- Largest approval$142,600
- Jobs supported7
- Jobs per approval7.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Sunflower County, not Ruleville
Sunflower County context, not Ruleville figures
These are Sunflower County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Ruleville measurements.
- Establishments in Sunflower County406
- Employment at those establishments, Sunflower County6,028
- Covered employment, Sunflower County8,222
- Average annual pay, Sunflower County$41,018
- Average weekly wage, Sunflower County$789
- Housing units permitted, Sunflower County6
- Of those, single family, Sunflower County6
- County product, 2024, Sunflower County$862,676,000
- County product change over the prior year, Sunflower County-8.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Sunflower County$28,201
Every figure in this section is published for Sunflower County as a whole and is not a measurement of Ruleville. 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.
- 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
Ruleville questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Ruleville, Mississippi?
2,632, in 750 households. Ruleville city covers 2.52 square miles of land, which is 1,045 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Ruleville in?
Sunflower 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 Ruleville?
$33,480. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $85,000. Median gross rent is $694 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Ruleville businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $142,600, across 1 lenders, median approval $142,600. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Ruleville, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Ruleville borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Ruleville. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Ruleville figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Sunflower 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 Ruleville.
Is zoning published for Ruleville?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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