Minden vs Ruhenstroth

A side-by-side comparison of Minden and Ruhenstroth: population, income, housing, and more.

Minden and Ruhenstroth are places in Nevada. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Minden has the higher population (3,309 vs 1,605 in Ruhenstroth). Ruhenstroth has the higher median household income ($101,533 vs $86,806 in Minden). Ruhenstroth has the higher median home value ($665,700 vs $524,500 in Minden).

Population, income & housing

	Minden	Ruhenstroth
Population	3,309	1,605
Median age	50.1 yrs	57.1 yrs
Median household income	$86,806	$101,533
Median home value	$524,500	$665,700
Median gross rent	$1,821	—
Housing units	1,551	752
Homeownership rate	72.4%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.2%	32.1%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Minden	Ruhenstroth
Population	3,151 → 3,309 (+5.0%)	1,318 → 1,605 (+21.8%)
Median household income	$57,830 → $86,806 (+50.1%)	$76,563 → $101,533 (+32.6%)
Median home value	$344,700 → $524,500 (+52.2%)	$464,200 → $665,700 (+43.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,281 → $1,821 (+42.2%)	—

Minden

Population

3,1513,309

Median household income

$57,830$86,806

Median home value

$344,700$524,500

Median gross rent

$1,281$1,821

Ruhenstroth

Population

1,3181,605

Median household income

$76,563$101,533

Median home value

$464,200$665,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Minden	Ruhenstroth
Under 5	7.3%	2.2%
5 to 17	11.5%	13.3%
18 to 24	5.1%	1.9%
25 to 34	9.9%	1.9%
35 to 44	8.3%	15.8%
45 to 54	13.3%	12.1%
55 to 64	15.9%	22.5%
65 to 74	16.2%	9.3%
75 and over	12.5%	21.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Minden	Ruhenstroth
White (non-Hispanic)	86.5%	71.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	10.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	15.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Minden	Ruhenstroth
No high school diploma	3.3%	2.4%
High school graduate	24.6%	23.0%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	20.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Minden	Ruhenstroth
Drove alone	80.9%	80.5%
Carpooled	9.3%	17.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Minden	Ruhenstroth
1-unit, detached	82.6%	96.9%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Minden	Ruhenstroth
Poverty rate	10.7%	8.7%
Average household size	2.44	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	15	24
Median year structure built	1994	1996