Ayrshire vs Ruthven

A side-by-side comparison of Ayrshire and Ruthven: population, income, housing, and more.

Ayrshire and Ruthven are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ruthven has the higher population (766 vs 154 in Ayrshire). Ruthven has the higher median household income ($58,750 vs $55,625 in Ayrshire). Ruthven has the higher median home value ($103,400 vs $26,400 in Ayrshire).

Population, income & housing

	Ayrshire	Ruthven
Population	154	766
Median age	27.7 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$55,625	$58,750
Median home value	$26,400	$103,400
Median gross rent	$1,250	$650
Housing units	98	334
Homeownership rate	80.0%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ayrshire	Ruthven
Population	128 → 154 (+20.3%)	751 → 766 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$22,917 → $55,625 (+142.7%)	$37,337 → $58,750 (+57.4%)
Median home value	$30,600 → $26,400 (-13.7%)	$59,900 → $103,400 (+72.6%)
Median gross rent	$433 → $1,250 (+188.7%)	$486 → $650 (+33.7%)

Ayrshire

Population

128154

Median household income

$22,917$55,625

Median home value

$30,600$26,400

Median gross rent

$433$1,250

Ruthven

Population

751766

Median household income

$37,337$58,750

Median home value

$59,900$103,400

Median gross rent

$486$650

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ayrshire	Ruthven
Under 5	13.0%	6.5%
5 to 17	15.6%	21.5%
18 to 24	3.9%	8.4%
25 to 34	19.5%	12.3%
35 to 44	0.6%	9.8%
45 to 54	13.6%	13.4%
55 to 64	23.4%	11.7%
65 to 74	8.4%	10.1%
75 and over	1.9%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ayrshire	Ruthven
White (non-Hispanic)	72.7%	81.7%
Black or African American	18.8%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.4%	9.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ayrshire	Ruthven
No high school diploma	2.9%	6.0%
High school graduate	37.5%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree	27.9%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ayrshire	Ruthven
Drove alone	73.1%	72.3%
Carpooled	6.4%	17.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.5%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ayrshire	Ruthven
1-unit, detached	81.6%	81.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	5.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Ayrshire	Ruthven
Poverty rate	3.2%	13.7%
Average household size	2.20	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	15	23
Median year structure built	1949	1955