Ruleville vs Sunflower

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

Ruleville and Sunflower 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 1,049 in Sunflower). Ruleville has the higher median household income ($35,536 vs $24,479 in Sunflower). Ruleville has the higher median home value ($94,700 vs $77,800 in Sunflower).

Population, income & housing

	Ruleville	Sunflower
Population	2,859	1,049
Median age	30.1 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$35,536	$24,479
Median home value	$94,700	$77,800
Median gross rent	$633	$427
Housing units	944	433
Homeownership rate	51.7%	45.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	18.4%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ruleville	Sunflower
Population	2,668 → 2,859 (+7.2%)	1,123 → 1,049 (-6.6%)
Median household income	$32,188 → $35,536 (+10.4%)	$25,000 → $24,479 (-2.1%)
Median home value	$91,500 → $94,700 (+3.5%)	$62,300 → $77,800 (+24.9%)
Median gross rent	$499 → $633 (+26.9%)	$479 → $427 (-10.9%)

Ruleville

Population

2,6682,859

Median household income

$32,188$35,536

Median home value

$91,500$94,700

Median gross rent

$499$633

Sunflower

Population

1,1231,049

Median household income

$25,000$24,479

Median home value

$62,300$77,800

Median gross rent

$479$427

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ruleville	Sunflower
Under 5	8.1%	7.8%
5 to 17	14.7%	22.0%
18 to 24	11.1%	8.6%
25 to 34	21.4%	17.9%
35 to 44	9.5%	12.7%
45 to 54	14.0%	5.5%
55 to 64	8.4%	17.9%
65 to 74	6.3%	4.8%
75 and over	6.5%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ruleville	Sunflower
White (non-Hispanic)	10.7%	15.3%
Black or African American	88.2%	83.3%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ruleville	Sunflower
No high school diploma	19.4%	27.9%
High school graduate	44.4%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ruleville	Sunflower
Drove alone	79.8%	77.9%
Carpooled	16.9%	8.2%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	13.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ruleville	Sunflower
1-unit, detached	64.8%	59.8%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.1%	17.6%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	6.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.1%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Ruleville	Sunflower
Poverty rate	29.0%	44.0%
Average household size	3.24	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	18	21
Median year structure built	1977	1983