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Ruston city, Washington: commercial real estate data.
Ruston city is a Census city of 1,245 people across 0.26 square miles of land, in Pierce County. Median household income is $116,331, 68.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 3 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $3.1 m.
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Ruston
What Ruston is
- Census place typecity
- Land area0.26 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land4,872 plus or minus 1,111
- County holding the largest share of its areaPierce 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.
Ruston
How many people live in Ruston
- Population1,245 plus or minus 284
- Median age44.5
- Population under 18189 plus or minus 60
- Share under 1815.2 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Population 65 and over251 plus or minus 62
- Share 65 and over20.2 percent
- Households637 plus or minus 148
- Family households337 plus or minus 87
- Share of households that are families52.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ruston
Income and work in Ruston
- Median household income$116,331
- Per capita income$75,674
- Civilian labor force639 plus or minus 174
- Employed628 plus or minus 172
- Unemployed11 plus or minus 11
- Unemployment rate1.7 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Adults 25 and over1,011 plus or minus 219
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher98.1 percent plus or minus 27.5
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher61.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree23.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ruston
Housing in Ruston
- Housing units676 plus or minus 147
- Occupied units637 plus or minus 148
- Vacant units39 plus or minus 25
- Vacancy rate5.8 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Owner occupied438 plus or minus 90
- Renter occupied199 plus or minus 113
- Ownership rate68.8 percent plus or minus 21.3
- Median owner-occupied home value$912,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$2,598 plus or minus $1,149
- Annual rent as a share of median income26.8 percent plus or minus 12.4
- Single family units399 plus or minus 85
- Share single family59.0 percent plus or minus 18.0
- Units in buildings of two or more274 plus or minus 111
- Share in buildings of two or more40.5 percent plus or minus 13.8
- Mobile homes3 plus or minus 6
- Median year structure built1995
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ruston
How Ruston gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute500 plus or minus 151
- Commuting under 15 minutes72 plus or minus 37
- Share commuting under 15 minutes14.4 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Commuting 30 minutes or more254 plus or minus 114
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more50.8 percent plus or minus 16.9
- Drove alone69.1 percent
- Carpooled3.9 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.6 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Worked from home21.6 percent plus or minus 6.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ruston
SBA loans in Ruston (7(a))
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$3,059,000
- Average approval$1,019,667
- Median approval$350,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,696,000
- Largest approval$2,696,000
- Jobs supported34
- Jobs per approval11.3
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS3
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 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.
Ruston
SBA loans in Ruston (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$2,274,000
- Average approval$2,274,000
- Median approval$2,274,000
- Largest approval$2,274,000
- Jobs supported30
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Pierce County, not Ruston
Pierce County context, not Ruston figures
These are Pierce County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Ruston measurements.
- Establishments in Pierce County20,051
- Employment at those establishments, Pierce County294,765
- Covered employment, Pierce County333,492
- Average annual pay, Pierce County$70,395
- Average weekly wage, Pierce County$1,354
- Housing units permitted, Pierce County3,207
- Of those, single family, Pierce County1,731
- County product, 2024, Pierce County$64,941,171,000
- County product change over the prior year, Pierce County5.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Pierce County$76,649
Every figure in this section is published for Pierce County as a whole and is not a measurement of Ruston. 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
Ruston questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Ruston, Washington?
1,245, in 637 households. Ruston city covers 0.26 square miles of land, which is 4,872 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Ruston in?
Pierce 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 Ruston?
$116,331. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $912,700. Median gross rent is $2,598 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Ruston businesses?
3 7(a) approvals totalling $3.1 m, across 3 lenders, median approval $350,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $2.3 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Ruston, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Ruston borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Ruston. only 2 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 Ruston figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Pierce 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 Ruston.
Is zoning published for Ruston?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.