Ellenboro vs Ruth

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

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

Ellenboro has the higher population (899 vs 526 in Ruth). Ellenboro has the higher median household income ($50,625 vs $48,125 in Ruth). Ruth has the higher median home value ($122,000 vs $104,500 in Ellenboro).

Population, income & housing

	Ellenboro	Ruth
Population	899	526
Median age	27.6 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$50,625	$48,125
Median home value	$104,500	$122,000
Median gross rent	$719	$707
Housing units	348	243
Homeownership rate	58.3%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ellenboro	Ruth
Population	684 → 899 (+31.4%)	586 → 526 (-10.2%)
Median household income	$29,219 → $50,625 (+73.3%)	$42,727 → $48,125 (+12.6%)
Median home value	$76,900 → $104,500 (+35.9%)	$133,300 → $122,000 (-8.5%)
Median gross rent	$715 → $719 (+0.6%)	$613 → $707 (+15.3%)

Ellenboro

Population

684899

Median household income

$29,219$50,625

Median home value

$76,900$104,500

Median gross rent

$715$719

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)

	Ellenboro	Ruth
Under 5	10.7%	3.8%
5 to 17	24.9%	18.1%
18 to 24	8.2%	6.8%
25 to 34	14.2%	15.2%
35 to 44	13.2%	8.0%
45 to 54	6.1%	17.5%
55 to 64	11.5%	13.9%
65 to 74	7.7%	12.7%
75 and over	3.4%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ellenboro	Ruth
White (non-Hispanic)	82.8%	82.5%
Black or African American	7.1%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.8%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ellenboro	Ruth
No high school diploma	18.8%	17.1%
High school graduate	41.4%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ellenboro	Ruth
Drove alone	83.2%	93.0%
Carpooled	9.0%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	1.1%
Other means	3.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ellenboro	Ruth
1-unit, detached	70.1%	62.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.7%	32.9%

Poverty & households

	Ellenboro	Ruth
Poverty rate	24.4%	29.4%
Average household size	2.99	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1975	1980