Ruby vs Yale

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

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

Yale has the higher population (2,157 vs 705 in Ruby). Ruby has the higher median household income ($66,910 vs $50,673 in Yale). Ruby has the higher median home value ($211,200 vs $112,100 in Yale).

Population, income & housing

	Ruby	Yale
Population	705	2,157
Median age	42.2 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$66,910	$50,673
Median home value	$211,200	$112,100
Median gross rent	$1,087	$779
Housing units	293	941
Homeownership rate	80.5%	67.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	16.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ruby	Yale
Population	630 → 705 (+11.9%)	2,082 → 2,157 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$70,658 → $66,910 (-5.3%)	$42,353 → $50,673 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$158,300 → $211,200 (+33.4%)	$83,200 → $112,100 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$939 → $1,087 (+15.8%)	$689 → $779 (+13.1%)

Ruby

Population

630705

Median household income

$70,658$66,910

Median home value

$158,300$211,200

Median gross rent

$939$1,087

Yale

Population

2,0822,157

Median household income

$42,353$50,673

Median home value

$83,200$112,100

Median gross rent

$689$779

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ruby	Yale
Under 5	0.0%	9.9%
5 to 17	23.5%	11.4%
18 to 24	4.8%	13.2%
25 to 34	19.3%	16.6%
35 to 44	8.8%	9.9%
45 to 54	8.9%	10.5%
55 to 64	19.6%	11.2%
65 to 74	10.6%	8.8%
75 and over	4.4%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ruby	Yale
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	94.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.5%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ruby	Yale
No high school diploma	10.9%	11.5%
High school graduate	15.8%	47.6%
Some college or associate's	55.2%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ruby	Yale
Drove alone	72.7%	81.0%
Carpooled	23.3%	13.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ruby	Yale
1-unit, detached	94.2%	64.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Ruby	Yale
Poverty rate	3.1%	21.5%
Average household size	2.41	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	30	37
Median year structure built	1974	1950