Cliffside vs Ruth

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

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

Cliffside has the higher population (630 vs 526 in Ruth). Since 2019, Cliffside's population has grown faster (-5.3% vs -10.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Cliffside	Ruth
Population	630	526
Median age	50.6 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$48,125
Median home value	—	$122,000
Median gross rent	—	$707
Housing units	315	243
Homeownership rate	91.0%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cliffside	Ruth
Population	665 → 630 (-5.3%)	586 → 526 (-10.2%)
Median household income	$54,792 → $34,111 (-37.7%)	$42,727 → $48,125 (+12.6%)
Median home value	—	$133,300 → $122,000 (-8.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$613 → $707 (+15.3%)

Cliffside

Population

665630

Median household income

$54,792$34,111

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)

	Cliffside	Ruth
Under 5	0.0%	3.8%
5 to 17	6.0%	18.1%
18 to 24	24.0%	6.8%
25 to 34	13.7%	15.2%
35 to 44	3.8%	8.0%
45 to 54	25.9%	17.5%
55 to 64	8.9%	13.9%
65 to 74	17.1%	12.7%
75 and over	0.6%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cliffside	Ruth
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	82.5%
Black or African American	6.5%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cliffside	Ruth
No high school diploma	5.2%	17.1%
High school graduate	55.6%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	15.2%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cliffside	Ruth
Drove alone	86.4%	93.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	1.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cliffside	Ruth
1-unit, detached	87.0%	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	13.0%	32.9%

Poverty & households

	Cliffside	Ruth
Poverty rate	4.9%	29.4%
Average household size	2.19	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	16	23
Median year structure built	1991	1980