Douglas vs Ruthville

A side-by-side comparison of Douglas and Ruthville: population, income, housing, and more.

Douglas and Ruthville are places in North Dakota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ruthville has the higher population (103 vs 84 in Douglas). Douglas has the higher median household income ($66,250 vs $43,750 in Ruthville). Since 2019, Douglas's population has grown faster (+23.5% vs -46.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Douglas	Ruthville
Population	84	103
Median age	35.8 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$66,250	$43,750
Median home value	$52,500	—
Housing units	96	69
Homeownership rate	70.0%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	27.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	11.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Douglas	Ruthville
Population	68 → 84 (+23.5%)	194 → 103 (-46.9%)
Median household income	$62,750 → $66,250 (+5.6%)	$37,500 → $43,750 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$57,500 → $52,500 (-8.7%)	$9,999 → $11,800 (+18.0%)

Douglas

Population

6884

Median household income

$62,750$66,250

Median home value

$57,500$52,500

Ruthville

Population

194103

Median household income

$37,500$43,750

Median home value

$9,999$11,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Douglas	Ruthville
Under 5	15.5%	9.7%
5 to 17	13.1%	14.6%
18 to 24	1.2%	15.5%
25 to 34	16.7%	14.6%
35 to 44	13.1%	16.5%
45 to 54	11.9%	1.9%
55 to 64	4.8%	18.4%
65 to 74	8.3%	0.0%
75 and over	15.5%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Douglas	Ruthville
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	81.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	7.8%
Asian	0.0%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Douglas	Ruthville
No high school diploma	0.0%	21.0%
High school graduate	37.3%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	47.5%	11.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	17.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Douglas	Ruthville
Drove alone	84.8%	87.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.2%	12.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Douglas	Ruthville
1-unit, detached	94.8%	4.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	15.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	65.2%

Poverty & households

	Douglas	Ruthville
Poverty rate	2.4%	53.0%
Average household size	2.80	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	11	23
Median year structure built	1938	1995