Ihlen vs Ruthton

A side-by-side comparison of Ihlen and Ruthton: population, income, housing, and more.

Ihlen and Ruthton are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ruthton has the higher population (180 vs 65 in Ihlen). Ihlen has the higher median household income ($63,603 vs $40,000 in Ruthton). Ihlen has the higher median home value ($83,800 vs $54,100 in Ruthton).

Population, income & housing

	Ihlen	Ruthton
Population	65	180
Median age	64.9 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$63,603	$40,000
Median home value	$83,800	$54,100
Median gross rent	—	$775
Housing units	50	116
Homeownership rate	97.8%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.4%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ihlen	Ruthton
Population	38 → 65 (+71.1%)	241 → 180 (-25.3%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $63,603 (+8.3%)	$44,500 → $40,000 (-10.1%)
Median home value	$72,100 → $83,800 (+16.2%)	$51,300 → $54,100 (+5.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$771 → $775 (+0.5%)

Ihlen

Population

3865

Median household income

$58,750$63,603

Median home value

$72,100$83,800

Ruthton

Population

241180

Median household income

$44,500$40,000

Median home value

$51,300$54,100

Median gross rent

$771$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ihlen	Ruthton
Under 5	6.2%	2.8%
5 to 17	6.2%	13.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.9%
25 to 34	13.8%	10.0%
35 to 44	12.3%	9.4%
45 to 54	1.5%	25.6%
55 to 64	10.8%	12.8%
65 to 74	36.9%	10.6%
75 and over	12.3%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ihlen	Ruthton
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	83.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.8%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ihlen	Ruthton
No high school diploma	5.3%	10.4%
High school graduate	33.3%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	21.1%	53.7%
Bachelor's degree	3.5%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	36.8%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ihlen	Ruthton
Drove alone	68.0%	70.3%
Carpooled	16.0%	19.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.0%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ihlen	Ruthton
1-unit, detached	100.0%	93.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Ihlen	Ruthton
Poverty rate	6.2%	20.8%
Average household size	1.44	1.76
Mean commute (minutes)	32	23
Median year structure built	1938	1938