Inverness vs Ruleville

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

Inverness 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 757 in Inverness). Inverness has the higher median household income ($52,250 vs $35,536 in Ruleville). Inverness has the higher median home value ($136,200 vs $94,700 in Ruleville).

Population, income & housing

	Inverness	Ruleville
Population	757	2,859
Median age	43.2 yrs	30.1 yrs
Median household income	$52,250	$35,536
Median home value	$136,200	$94,700
Median gross rent	$550	$633
Housing units	387	944
Homeownership rate	66.7%	51.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	18.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Inverness	Ruleville
Population	931 → 757 (-18.7%)	2,668 → 2,859 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$42,250 → $52,250 (+23.7%)	$32,188 → $35,536 (+10.4%)
Median home value	$90,000 → $136,200 (+51.3%)	$91,500 → $94,700 (+3.5%)
Median gross rent	$713 → $550 (-22.9%)	$499 → $633 (+26.9%)

Inverness

Population

931757

Median household income

$42,250$52,250

Median home value

$90,000$136,200

Median gross rent

$713$550

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)

	Inverness	Ruleville
Under 5	2.8%	8.1%
5 to 17	21.4%	14.7%
18 to 24	5.0%	11.1%
25 to 34	10.0%	21.4%
35 to 44	19.7%	9.5%
45 to 54	15.6%	14.0%
55 to 64	11.8%	8.4%
65 to 74	9.2%	6.3%
75 and over	4.5%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Inverness	Ruleville
White (non-Hispanic)	61.8%	10.7%
Black or African American	35.5%	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	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Inverness	Ruleville
No high school diploma	10.3%	19.4%
High school graduate	20.7%	44.4%
Some college or associate's	50.0%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Inverness	Ruleville
Drove alone	86.6%	79.8%
Carpooled	8.4%	16.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	2.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	2.3%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Inverness	Ruleville
1-unit, detached	80.1%	64.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	14.1%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	12.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Inverness	Ruleville
Poverty rate	19.9%	29.0%
Average household size	2.19	3.24
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	1976	1977