Mayodan vs Ruffin

A side-by-side comparison of Mayodan and Ruffin: population, income, housing, and more.

Mayodan and Ruffin are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mayodan has the higher population (2,446 vs 501 in Ruffin). Ruffin has the higher median home value ($119,700 vs $116,100 in Mayodan). Since 2019, Ruffin's population has grown faster (+51.8% vs -2.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Mayodan	Ruffin
Population	2,446	501
Median age	54.7 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$42,336	—
Median home value	$116,100	$119,700
Median gross rent	$781	—
Housing units	1,336	264
Homeownership rate	61.2%	73.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mayodan	Ruffin
Population	2,508 → 2,446 (-2.5%)	330 → 501 (+51.8%)
Median household income	$27,614 → $42,336 (+53.3%)	—
Median home value	$91,100 → $116,100 (+27.4%)	$98,900 → $119,700 (+21.0%)
Median gross rent	$557 → $781 (+40.2%)	—

Mayodan

Population

2,5082,446

Median household income

$27,614$42,336

Median home value

$91,100$116,100

Median gross rent

$557$781

Ruffin

Population

330501

Median home value

$98,900$119,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mayodan	Ruffin
Under 5	2.0%	2.0%
5 to 17	12.5%	21.2%
18 to 24	2.8%	3.2%
25 to 34	14.1%	1.8%
35 to 44	5.3%	46.3%
45 to 54	13.9%	2.4%
55 to 64	25.0%	10.8%
65 to 74	10.3%	10.4%
75 and over	14.0%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mayodan	Ruffin
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	65.1%
Black or African American	2.9%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	32.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mayodan	Ruffin
No high school diploma	15.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	32.5%	40.7%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	59.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mayodan	Ruffin
Drove alone	82.2%	83.9%
Carpooled	9.8%	3.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	12.6%
Other means	4.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mayodan	Ruffin
1-unit, detached	81.9%	58.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	13.5%	11.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	31.1%

Poverty & households

	Mayodan	Ruffin
Poverty rate	14.5%	2.9%
Average household size	1.94	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1959	1993