Memphis vs Rutledge

A side-by-side comparison of Memphis and Rutledge: population, income, housing, and more.

Memphis and Rutledge are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Memphis has the higher population (1,860 vs 80 in Rutledge). Rutledge has the higher median household income ($61,250 vs $49,598 in Memphis). Since 2019, Rutledge's population has grown faster (+50.9% vs +9.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Memphis	Rutledge
Population	1,860	80
Median age	37.0 yrs	14.5 yrs
Median household income	$49,598	$61,250
Median home value	$117,200	—
Median gross rent	$491	—
Housing units	889	69
Homeownership rate	71.8%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	7.7%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Memphis	Rutledge
Population	1,706 → 1,860 (+9.0%)	53 → 80 (+50.9%)
Median household income	$37,909 → $49,598 (+30.8%)	$25,000 → $61,250 (+145.0%)
Median home value	$67,300 → $117,200 (+74.1%)	—
Median gross rent	$518 → $491 (-5.2%)	—

Memphis

Population

1,7061,860

Median household income

$37,909$49,598

Median home value

$67,300$117,200

Median gross rent

$518$491

Rutledge

Population

5380

Median household income

$25,000$61,250

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Memphis	Rutledge
Under 5	6.2%	25.0%
5 to 17	20.8%	35.0%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.5%
25 to 34	10.8%	2.5%
35 to 44	17.0%	10.0%
45 to 54	4.0%	6.3%
55 to 64	14.0%	5.0%
65 to 74	9.1%	1.3%
75 and over	10.8%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Memphis	Rutledge
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	97.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.5%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Memphis	Rutledge
No high school diploma	11.7%	50.0%
High school graduate	37.0%	19.2%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Memphis	Rutledge
Drove alone	84.2%	69.6%
Carpooled	6.3%	21.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	8.7%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Memphis	Rutledge
1-unit, detached	75.7%	75.4%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	24.6%

Poverty & households

	Memphis	Rutledge
Poverty rate	12.7%	2.5%
Average household size	2.76	5.33
Mean commute (minutes)	16	—
Median year structure built	1964	1938