Gold Hill vs Ruch

A side-by-side comparison of Gold Hill and Ruch: population, income, housing, and more.

Gold Hill 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 1,264 in Gold Hill). Ruch has the higher median household income ($81,591 vs $47,500 in Gold Hill). Ruch has the higher median home value ($377,700 vs $299,000 in Gold Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Gold Hill	Ruch
Population	1,264	1,475
Median age	37.2 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	$47,500	$81,591
Median home value	$299,000	$377,700
Median gross rent	$1,400	$1,303
Housing units	569	556
Homeownership rate	66.6%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gold Hill	Ruch
Population	1,437 → 1,264 (-12.0%)	986 → 1,475 (+49.6%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $47,500 (-2.6%)	$83,214 → $81,591 (-2.0%)
Median home value	$205,100 → $299,000 (+45.8%)	$419,200 → $377,700 (-9.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,145 → $1,400 (+22.3%)	$1,077 → $1,303 (+21.0%)

Gold Hill

Population

1,4371,264

Median household income

$48,750$47,500

Median home value

$205,100$299,000

Median gross rent

$1,145$1,400

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)

	Gold Hill	Ruch
Under 5	6.0%	4.3%
5 to 17	17.3%	20.4%
18 to 24	5.8%	2.4%
25 to 34	16.0%	4.9%
35 to 44	16.6%	17.2%
45 to 54	7.8%	21.1%
55 to 64	11.8%	8.6%
65 to 74	11.9%	16.7%
75 and over	6.7%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gold Hill	Ruch
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gold Hill	Ruch
No high school diploma	6.9%	11.7%
High school graduate	38.7%	8.8%
Some college or associate's	42.5%	49.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gold Hill	Ruch
Drove alone	82.9%	80.3%
Carpooled	5.7%	0.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	18.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gold Hill	Ruch
1-unit, detached	72.1%	84.4%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	13.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.1%	11.7%

Poverty & households

	Gold Hill	Ruch
Poverty rate	19.3%	2.6%
Average household size	2.33	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	19	30
Median year structure built	1976	1975