Luverne vs Rutledge

A side-by-side comparison of Luverne and Rutledge: population, income, housing, and more.

Luverne and Rutledge are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Luverne has the higher population (2,713 vs 223 in Rutledge). Rutledge has the higher median household income ($57,625 vs $51,537 in Luverne). Luverne has the higher median home value ($124,700 vs $58,700 in Rutledge).

Population, income & housing

	Luverne	Rutledge
Population	2,713	223
Median age	42.6 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$51,537	$57,625
Median home value	$124,700	$58,700
Median gross rent	$669	$637
Housing units	1,295	122
Homeownership rate	56.8%	60.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	10.8%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Luverne	Rutledge
Population	2,770 → 2,713 (-2.1%)	357 → 223 (-37.5%)
Median household income	$45,671 → $51,537 (+12.8%)	$50,125 → $57,625 (+15.0%)
Median home value	$83,200 → $124,700 (+49.9%)	$85,000 → $58,700 (-30.9%)
Median gross rent	$530 → $669 (+26.2%)	$508 → $637 (+25.4%)

Luverne

Population

2,7702,713

Median household income

$45,671$51,537

Median home value

$83,200$124,700

Median gross rent

$530$669

Rutledge

Population

357223

Median household income

$50,125$57,625

Median home value

$85,000$58,700

Median gross rent

$508$637

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Luverne	Rutledge
Under 5	1.5%	13.5%
5 to 17	18.2%	13.5%
18 to 24	9.3%	2.7%
25 to 34	14.1%	14.8%
35 to 44	10.4%	13.5%
45 to 54	11.0%	9.4%
55 to 64	13.5%	9.9%
65 to 74	13.5%	9.0%
75 and over	8.6%	13.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Luverne	Rutledge
White (non-Hispanic)	62.9%	72.6%
Black or African American	23.8%	24.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.7%
Asian	2.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Luverne	Rutledge
No high school diploma	14.8%	29.9%
High school graduate	43.5%	43.3%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	15.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Luverne	Rutledge
Drove alone	80.7%	75.5%
Carpooled	16.1%	8.5%
Public transit	0.5%	3.2%
Walked	0.0%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Luverne	Rutledge
1-unit, detached	68.9%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.4%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	18.9%

Poverty & households

	Luverne	Rutledge
Poverty rate	20.1%	27.4%
Average household size	2.48	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1976	1983