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Ruth town, North Carolina: commercial real estate data.
Ruth town is a Census town of 510 people across 0.42 square miles of land, in Rutherford County. Median household income is $51,250, 75.3 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Ruth
What Ruth is
- Census place typetown
- Land area0.42 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,202 plus or minus 344
- County holding the largest share of its areaRutherford 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
- Population510 plus or minus 146
- Median age35.0 plus or minus 14.1
- Population under 18114 plus or minus 52
- Share under 1822.4 percent plus or minus 7.8
- Population 65 and over74 plus or minus 33
- Share 65 and over14.5 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Households198 plus or minus 59
- Family households141 plus or minus 52
- Share of households that are families71.2 percent plus or minus 15.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ruth
Income and work in Ruth
- Median household income$51,250 plus or minus $20,253
- Per capita income$22,639 plus or minus $5,480
- Civilian labor force204 plus or minus 74
- Employed202 plus or minus 73
- Unemployed2 plus or minus 3
- Unemployment rate1.0 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Adults 25 and over350 plus or minus 95
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher82.6 percent plus or minus 31.2
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher14.3 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.0 percent plus or minus 5.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ruth
Housing in Ruth
- Housing units230 plus or minus 61
- Occupied units198 plus or minus 59
- Vacant units32 plus or minus 20
- Vacancy rate13.9 percent plus or minus 7.9
- Owner occupied149 plus or minus 54
- Renter occupied49 plus or minus 32
- Ownership rate75.3 percent plus or minus 15.5
- Median owner-occupied home value$138,300 plus or minus $43,742
- Median gross rent, monthly$675 plus or minus $349
- Annual rent as a share of median income15.8 percent plus or minus 10.3
- Single family units154 plus or minus 51
- Share single family67.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more0
- Share in buildings of two or more0.0 percent
- Mobile homes76 plus or minus 38
- Median year structure built1985
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 commute195 plus or minus 70
- Commuting under 15 minutes89 plus or minus 32
- Share commuting under 15 minutes45.6 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more62 plus or minus 38
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more31.8 percent plus or minus 15.6
- Drove alone84.3 percent plus or minus 18.4
- Carpooled12.7 percent plus or minus 11.3
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.5 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Worked from home1.0 percent plus or minus 2.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ruth
Flood risk in Ruth
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number370355
- Currently effective map date01/06/10
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Rutherford County, not Ruth
Rutherford County context, not Ruth figures
These are Rutherford 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 Rutherford County1,289
- Employment at those establishments, Rutherford County16,815
- Covered employment, Rutherford County17,994
- Average annual pay, Rutherford County$48,125
- Average weekly wage, Rutherford County$925
- Housing units permitted, Rutherford County193
- Of those, single family, Rutherford County191
- County product, 2024, Rutherford County$2,490,130,000
- County product change over the prior year, Rutherford County3.8 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Rutherford County$65,446
Every figure in this section is published for Rutherford 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.
- 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, North Carolina?
510, in 198 households. Ruth town covers 0.42 square miles of land, which is 1,202 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?
Rutherford 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?
$51,250. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $138,300. Median gross rent is $675 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Is Ruth in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Ruth appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 370355, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
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 Rutherford 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.
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