Drew vs Ruleville

A side-by-side comparison of Drew and Ruleville: population, income, housing, and more.

Drew and Ruleville are places in Mississippi. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ruleville has the higher population (2,859 vs 2,186 in Drew). Ruleville has the higher median household income ($35,536 vs $22,407 in Drew). Ruleville has the higher median home value ($94,700 vs $60,000 in Drew).

Population, income & housing

	Drew	Ruleville
Population	2,186	2,859
Median age	35.6 yrs	30.1 yrs
Median household income	$22,407	$35,536
Median home value	$60,000	$94,700
Median gross rent	$687	$633
Housing units	915	944
Homeownership rate	46.0%	51.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	18.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Drew	Ruleville
Population	2,068 → 2,186 (+5.7%)	2,668 → 2,859 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$25,396 → $22,407 (-11.8%)	$32,188 → $35,536 (+10.4%)
Median home value	$61,000 → $60,000 (-1.6%)	$91,500 → $94,700 (+3.5%)
Median gross rent	$494 → $687 (+39.1%)	$499 → $633 (+26.9%)

Drew

Population

2,0682,186

Median household income

$25,396$22,407

Median home value

$61,000$60,000

Median gross rent

$494$687

Ruleville

Population

2,6682,859

Median household income

$32,188$35,536

Median home value

$91,500$94,700

Median gross rent

$499$633

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Drew	Ruleville
Under 5	10.2%	8.1%
5 to 17	13.3%	14.7%
18 to 24	12.8%	11.1%
25 to 34	12.8%	21.4%
35 to 44	16.4%	9.5%
45 to 54	10.7%	14.0%
55 to 64	10.0%	8.4%
65 to 74	9.5%	6.3%
75 and over	4.3%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Drew	Ruleville
White (non-Hispanic)	13.2%	10.7%
Black or African American	77.4%	88.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Drew	Ruleville
No high school diploma	31.9%	19.4%
High school graduate	28.4%	44.4%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Drew	Ruleville
Drove alone	80.0%	79.8%
Carpooled	12.8%	16.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.6%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	2.3%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Drew	Ruleville
1-unit, detached	67.7%	64.8%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	14.1%
5 to 19 units	20.8%	12.6%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Drew	Ruleville
Poverty rate	38.7%	29.0%
Average household size	2.79	3.24
Mean commute (minutes)	19	18
Median year structure built	1971	1977