Caroleen vs Ruth

A side-by-side comparison of Caroleen and Ruth: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ruth has the higher population (526 vs 261 in Caroleen). Caroleen has the higher median household income ($81,019 vs $48,125 in Ruth). Since 2019, Ruth's population has grown faster (-10.2% vs -60.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Caroleen	Ruth
Population	261	526
Median age	25.0 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$81,019	$48,125
Median home value	—	$122,000
Median gross rent	—	$707
Housing units	161	243
Homeownership rate	70.4%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caroleen	Ruth
Population	668 → 261 (-60.9%)	586 → 526 (-10.2%)
Median household income	$39,353 → $81,019 (+105.9%)	$42,727 → $48,125 (+12.6%)
Median home value	$107,100 → $111,300 (+3.9%)	$133,300 → $122,000 (-8.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$613 → $707 (+15.3%)

Caroleen

Population

668261

Median household income

$39,353$81,019

Median home value

$107,100$111,300

Ruth

Population

586526

Median household income

$42,727$48,125

Median home value

$133,300$122,000

Median gross rent

$613$707

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caroleen	Ruth
Under 5	0.0%	3.8%
5 to 17	32.6%	18.1%
18 to 24	18.0%	6.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	15.2%
35 to 44	23.4%	8.0%
45 to 54	14.6%	17.5%
55 to 64	11.5%	13.9%
65 to 74	0.0%	12.7%
75 and over	0.0%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caroleen	Ruth
White (non-Hispanic)	77.4%	82.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	8.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.6%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caroleen	Ruth
No high school diploma	10.1%	17.1%
High school graduate	14.7%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	75.2%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caroleen	Ruth
Drove alone	92.6%	93.0%
Carpooled	7.4%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caroleen	Ruth
1-unit, detached	88.2%	62.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.8%	32.9%

Poverty & households

	Caroleen	Ruth
Poverty rate	13.0%	29.4%
Average household size	2.42	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	28	23
Median year structure built	1958	1980