Indianola vs Ruleville

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

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

Indianola has the higher population (9,360 vs 2,859 in Ruleville). Indianola has the higher median household income ($39,275 vs $35,536 in Ruleville). Indianola has the higher median home value ($119,100 vs $94,700 in Ruleville).

Population, income & housing

	Indianola	Ruleville
Population	9,360	2,859
Median age	35.4 yrs	30.1 yrs
Median household income	$39,275	$35,536
Median home value	$119,100	$94,700
Median gross rent	$763	$633
Housing units	3,970	944
Homeownership rate	54.2%	51.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	13.7%	18.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Indianola	Ruleville
Population	9,450 → 9,360 (-1.0%)	2,668 → 2,859 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$28,941 → $39,275 (+35.7%)	$32,188 → $35,536 (+10.4%)
Median home value	$76,400 → $119,100 (+55.9%)	$91,500 → $94,700 (+3.5%)
Median gross rent	$693 → $763 (+10.1%)	$499 → $633 (+26.9%)

Indianola

Population

9,4509,360

Median household income

$28,941$39,275

Median home value

$76,400$119,100

Median gross rent

$693$763

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)

	Indianola	Ruleville
Under 5	5.1%	8.1%
5 to 17	21.5%	14.7%
18 to 24	9.4%	11.1%
25 to 34	13.8%	21.4%
35 to 44	11.9%	9.5%
45 to 54	10.9%	14.0%
55 to 64	9.7%	8.4%
65 to 74	10.1%	6.3%
75 and over	7.6%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Indianola	Ruleville
White (non-Hispanic)	17.9%	10.7%
Black or African American	80.8%	88.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Indianola	Ruleville
No high school diploma	19.2%	19.4%
High school graduate	29.4%	44.4%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Indianola	Ruleville
Drove alone	84.9%	79.8%
Carpooled	9.1%	16.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	1.1%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	2.3%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Indianola	Ruleville
1-unit, detached	77.9%	64.8%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	14.1%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	12.6%
20 or more units	2.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Indianola	Ruleville
Poverty rate	31.1%	29.0%
Average household size	2.64	3.24
Mean commute (minutes)	19	18
Median year structure built	1972	1977