Ellis Grove vs Ruma

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

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

Ruma has the higher population (438 vs 330 in Ellis Grove). Ruma has the higher median household income ($71,875 vs $68,750 in Ellis Grove). Ruma has the higher median home value ($125,000 vs $79,500 in Ellis Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Ellis Grove	Ruma
Population	330	438
Median age	36.8 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$68,750	$71,875
Median home value	$79,500	$125,000
Median gross rent	$725	$933
Housing units	164	158
Homeownership rate	78.0%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.7%	10.3%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ellis Grove	Ruma
Population	245 → 330 (+34.7%)	317 → 438 (+38.2%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $68,750 (+66.7%)	$66,250 → $71,875 (+8.5%)
Median home value	$76,300 → $79,500 (+4.2%)	$164,700 → $125,000 (-24.1%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $725 (+6.1%)	$745 → $933 (+25.2%)

Ellis Grove

Population

245330

Median household income

$41,250$68,750

Median home value

$76,300$79,500

Median gross rent

$683$725

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)

	Ellis Grove	Ruma
Under 5	5.5%	11.4%
5 to 17	22.1%	23.7%
18 to 24	8.5%	5.3%
25 to 34	10.9%	8.2%
35 to 44	9.4%	13.9%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.0%
55 to 64	14.2%	16.2%
65 to 74	11.2%	6.4%
75 and over	6.1%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ellis Grove	Ruma
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	88.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	1.1%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ellis Grove	Ruma
No high school diploma	7.6%	12.6%
High school graduate	48.3%	39.8%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	3.3%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ellis Grove	Ruma
Drove alone	95.3%	85.5%
Carpooled	0.7%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.3%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ellis Grove	Ruma
1-unit, detached	59.1%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.1%	20.9%

Poverty & households

	Ellis Grove	Ruma
Poverty rate	7.3%	10.5%
Average household size	2.50	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	21	29
Median year structure built	1980	1977