Marine City vs Ruby

A side-by-side comparison of Marine City and Ruby: population, income, housing, and more.

Marine City and Ruby are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Marine City has the higher population (4,047 vs 705 in Ruby). Ruby has the higher median household income ($66,910 vs $63,156 in Marine City). Ruby has the higher median home value ($211,200 vs $146,500 in Marine City).

Population, income & housing

	Marine City	Ruby
Population	4,047	705
Median age	49.2 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$63,156	$66,910
Median home value	$146,500	$211,200
Median gross rent	$872	$1,087
Housing units	2,266	293
Homeownership rate	83.1%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	9.5%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marine City	Ruby
Population	4,102 → 4,047 (-1.3%)	630 → 705 (+11.9%)
Median household income	$50,236 → $63,156 (+25.7%)	$70,658 → $66,910 (-5.3%)
Median home value	$122,300 → $146,500 (+19.8%)	$158,300 → $211,200 (+33.4%)
Median gross rent	$803 → $872 (+8.6%)	$939 → $1,087 (+15.8%)

Marine City

Population

4,1024,047

Median household income

$50,236$63,156

Median home value

$122,300$146,500

Median gross rent

$803$872

Ruby

Population

630705

Median household income

$70,658$66,910

Median home value

$158,300$211,200

Median gross rent

$939$1,087

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marine City	Ruby
Under 5	3.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.0%	23.5%
18 to 24	7.8%	4.8%
25 to 34	7.0%	19.3%
35 to 44	12.5%	8.8%
45 to 54	16.3%	8.9%
55 to 64	13.3%	19.6%
65 to 74	19.6%	10.6%
75 and over	8.0%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marine City	Ruby
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	89.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	10.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marine City	Ruby
No high school diploma	10.4%	10.9%
High school graduate	39.5%	15.8%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	55.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marine City	Ruby
Drove alone	78.5%	72.7%
Carpooled	10.9%	23.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marine City	Ruby
1-unit, detached	76.3%	94.2%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Marine City	Ruby
Poverty rate	7.4%	3.1%
Average household size	2.06	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1949	1974