Henrietta vs Ruth

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

Henrietta 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 413 in Henrietta). Henrietta has the higher median home value ($202,100 vs $122,000 in Ruth). Since 2019, Ruth's population has grown faster (-10.2% vs -31.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Henrietta	Ruth
Population	413	526
Median age	49.1 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$48,125
Median home value	$202,100	$122,000
Median gross rent	—	$707
Housing units	140	243
Homeownership rate	49.3%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Henrietta	Ruth
Population	604 → 413 (-31.6%)	586 → 526 (-10.2%)
Median household income	$39,590 → $45,444 (+14.8%)	$42,727 → $48,125 (+12.6%)
Median home value	—	$133,300 → $122,000 (-8.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$613 → $707 (+15.3%)

Henrietta

Population

604413

Median household income

$39,590$45,444

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)

	Henrietta	Ruth
Under 5	0.0%	3.8%
5 to 17	0.0%	18.1%
18 to 24	19.1%	6.8%
25 to 34	20.3%	15.2%
35 to 44	9.7%	8.0%
45 to 54	16.2%	17.5%
55 to 64	1.7%	13.9%
65 to 74	4.1%	12.7%
75 and over	28.8%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Henrietta	Ruth
White (non-Hispanic)	54.7%	82.5%
Black or African American	45.3%	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+

	Henrietta	Ruth
No high school diploma	25.1%	17.1%
High school graduate	62.6%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	12.3%	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)

	Henrietta	Ruth
Drove alone	100.0%	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	0.0%	1.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Henrietta	Ruth
1-unit, detached	79.3%	62.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	20.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	32.9%

Poverty & households

	Henrietta	Ruth
Poverty rate	8.7%	29.4%
Average household size	2.90	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	—	23
Median year structure built	1960	1980