Rosendale vs Ruby

A side-by-side comparison of Rosendale and Ruby: population, income, housing, and more.

Rosendale and Ruby are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ruby has the higher population (1,147 vs 898 in Rosendale). Ruby has the higher median household income ($101,588 vs $61,375 in Rosendale). Ruby has the higher median home value ($280,600 vs $250,300 in Rosendale).

Population, income & housing

	Rosendale	Ruby
Population	898	1,147
Median age	59.9 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$61,375	$101,588
Median home value	$250,300	$280,600
Median gross rent	$1,009	$1,125
Housing units	529	456
Homeownership rate	61.0%	74.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.0%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rosendale	Ruby
Population	1,092 → 898 (-17.8%)	719 → 1,147 (+59.5%)
Median household income	$53,182 → $61,375 (+15.4%)	$62,656 → $101,588 (+62.1%)
Median home value	$225,400 → $250,300 (+11.0%)	$241,000 → $280,600 (+16.4%)
Median gross rent	$980 → $1,009 (+3.0%)	$1,434 → $1,125 (-21.5%)

Rosendale

Population

1,092898

Median household income

$53,182$61,375

Median home value

$225,400$250,300

Median gross rent

$980$1,009

Ruby

Population

7191,147

Median household income

$62,656$101,588

Median home value

$241,000$280,600

Median gross rent

$1,434$1,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rosendale	Ruby
Under 5	0.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.7%	24.3%
18 to 24	0.9%	5.3%
25 to 34	5.6%	16.0%
35 to 44	17.8%	19.1%
45 to 54	4.9%	12.3%
55 to 64	21.7%	9.3%
65 to 74	25.5%	7.7%
75 and over	10.0%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rosendale	Ruby
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	68.4%
Black or African American	5.2%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.8%
Two or more races	4.7%	9.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	13.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rosendale	Ruby
No high school diploma	9.6%	2.9%
High school graduate	22.0%	48.9%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rosendale	Ruby
Drove alone	68.3%	88.2%
Carpooled	7.3%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.0%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rosendale	Ruby
1-unit, detached	51.2%	97.1%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	27.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.2%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Rosendale	Ruby
Poverty rate	11.8%	2.4%
Average household size	1.84	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	22	17
Median year structure built	1962	1977