Coulterville vs Ruma

A side-by-side comparison of Coulterville and Ruma: population, income, housing, and more.

Coulterville and Ruma are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Coulterville has the higher population (770 vs 438 in Ruma). Ruma has the higher median household income ($71,875 vs $57,813 in Coulterville). Ruma has the higher median home value ($125,000 vs $76,100 in Coulterville).

Population, income & housing

	Coulterville	Ruma
Population	770	438
Median age	48.8 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$57,813	$71,875
Median home value	$76,100	$125,000
Median gross rent	$819	$933
Housing units	381	158
Homeownership rate	85.2%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	10.3%
Unemployment rate	21.5%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coulterville	Ruma
Population	838 → 770 (-8.1%)	317 → 438 (+38.2%)
Median household income	$38,333 → $57,813 (+50.8%)	$66,250 → $71,875 (+8.5%)
Median home value	$76,500 → $76,100 (-0.5%)	$164,700 → $125,000 (-24.1%)
Median gross rent	$592 → $819 (+38.3%)	$745 → $933 (+25.2%)

Coulterville

Population

838770

Median household income

$38,333$57,813

Median home value

$76,500$76,100

Median gross rent

$592$819

Ruma

Population

317438

Median household income

$66,250$71,875

Median home value

$164,700$125,000

Median gross rent

$745$933

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coulterville	Ruma
Under 5	2.5%	11.4%
5 to 17	15.2%	23.7%
18 to 24	8.6%	5.3%
25 to 34	4.9%	8.2%
35 to 44	11.6%	13.9%
45 to 54	16.6%	11.0%
55 to 64	11.7%	16.2%
65 to 74	9.2%	6.4%
75 and over	19.7%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coulterville	Ruma
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	88.8%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.1%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coulterville	Ruma
No high school diploma	15.1%	12.6%
High school graduate	30.1%	39.8%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coulterville	Ruma
Drove alone	85.6%	85.5%
Carpooled	4.0%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	2.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coulterville	Ruma
1-unit, detached	75.3%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.7%	20.9%

Poverty & households

	Coulterville	Ruma
Poverty rate	10.6%	10.5%
Average household size	2.29	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1973	1977