Reidsville vs Ruffin

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

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

Reidsville has the higher population (14,547 vs 501 in Ruffin). Reidsville has the higher median home value ($139,000 vs $119,700 in Ruffin). Since 2019, Ruffin's population has grown faster (+51.8% vs +4.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Reidsville	Ruffin
Population	14,547	501
Median age	41.4 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$42,702	—
Median home value	$139,000	$119,700
Median gross rent	$773	—
Housing units	6,937	264
Homeownership rate	54.3%	73.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	9.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Reidsville	Ruffin
Population	13,915 → 14,547 (+4.5%)	330 → 501 (+51.8%)
Median household income	$32,339 → $42,702 (+32.0%)	—
Median home value	$103,500 → $139,000 (+34.3%)	$98,900 → $119,700 (+21.0%)
Median gross rent	$697 → $773 (+10.9%)	—

Reidsville

Population

13,91514,547

Median household income

$32,339$42,702

Median home value

$103,500$139,000

Median gross rent

$697$773

Ruffin

Population

330501

Median home value

$98,900$119,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Reidsville	Ruffin
Under 5	6.5%	2.0%
5 to 17	19.3%	21.2%
18 to 24	5.4%	3.2%
25 to 34	12.7%	1.8%
35 to 44	11.5%	46.3%
45 to 54	10.4%	2.4%
55 to 64	12.1%	10.8%
65 to 74	11.4%	10.4%
75 and over	10.8%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Reidsville	Ruffin
White (non-Hispanic)	53.1%	65.1%
Black or African American	30.5%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.9%	32.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Reidsville	Ruffin
No high school diploma	17.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	32.4%	40.7%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	59.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Reidsville	Ruffin
Drove alone	74.8%	83.9%
Carpooled	10.1%	3.4%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	7.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	12.6%
Other means	3.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Reidsville	Ruffin
1-unit, detached	67.1%	58.0%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	13.7%	11.0%
20 or more units	8.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	31.1%

Poverty & households

	Reidsville	Ruffin
Poverty rate	24.9%	2.9%
Average household size	2.25	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1968	1993