Foots Creek vs Ruch

A side-by-side comparison of Foots Creek and Ruch: population, income, housing, and more.

Foots Creek and Ruch are places in Oregon. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ruch has the higher population (1,475 vs 1,095 in Foots Creek). Ruch has the higher median household income ($81,591 vs $71,755 in Foots Creek). Foots Creek has the higher median home value ($441,100 vs $377,700 in Ruch).

Population, income & housing

	Foots Creek	Ruch
Population	1,095	1,475
Median age	62.7 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	$71,755	$81,591
Median home value	$441,100	$377,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,303
Housing units	490	556
Homeownership rate	84.9%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Foots Creek	Ruch
Population	621 → 1,095 (+76.3%)	986 → 1,475 (+49.6%)
Median household income	$61,214 → $71,755 (+17.2%)	$83,214 → $81,591 (-2.0%)
Median home value	$331,300 → $441,100 (+33.1%)	$419,200 → $377,700 (-9.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,077 → $1,303 (+21.0%)

Foots Creek

Population

6211,095

Median household income

$61,214$71,755

Median home value

$331,300$441,100

Ruch

Population

9861,475

Median household income

$83,214$81,591

Median home value

$419,200$377,700

Median gross rent

$1,077$1,303

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Foots Creek	Ruch
Under 5	2.1%	4.3%
5 to 17	10.8%	20.4%
18 to 24	1.2%	2.4%
25 to 34	6.7%	4.9%
35 to 44	9.5%	17.2%
45 to 54	5.5%	21.1%
55 to 64	19.0%	8.6%
65 to 74	32.7%	16.7%
75 and over	12.6%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Foots Creek	Ruch
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Foots Creek	Ruch
No high school diploma	4.6%	11.7%
High school graduate	18.7%	8.8%
Some college or associate's	58.9%	49.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Foots Creek	Ruch
Drove alone	90.3%	80.3%
Carpooled	3.9%	0.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	18.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Foots Creek	Ruch
1-unit, detached	84.5%	84.4%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	4.0%
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	12.7%	11.7%

Poverty & households

	Foots Creek	Ruch
Poverty rate	7.9%	2.6%
Average household size	2.23	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	37	30
Median year structure built	1973	1975