Jacksonville vs Ruch

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

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

Jacksonville has the higher population (2,991 vs 1,475 in Ruch). Jacksonville has the higher median household income ($114,500 vs $81,591 in Ruch). Jacksonville has the higher median home value ($595,400 vs $377,700 in Ruch).

Population, income & housing

	Jacksonville	Ruch
Population	2,991	1,475
Median age	55.0 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	$114,500	$81,591
Median home value	$595,400	$377,700
Median gross rent	$1,867	$1,303
Housing units	1,586	556
Homeownership rate	66.2%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.4%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jacksonville	Ruch
Population	2,884 → 2,991 (+3.7%)	986 → 1,475 (+49.6%)
Median household income	$72,986 → $114,500 (+56.9%)	$83,214 → $81,591 (-2.0%)
Median home value	$427,400 → $595,400 (+39.3%)	$419,200 → $377,700 (-9.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,147 → $1,867 (+62.8%)	$1,077 → $1,303 (+21.0%)

Jacksonville

Population

2,8842,991

Median household income

$72,986$114,500

Median home value

$427,400$595,400

Median gross rent

$1,147$1,867

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)

	Jacksonville	Ruch
Under 5	1.2%	4.3%
5 to 17	13.1%	20.4%
18 to 24	7.1%	2.4%
25 to 34	4.0%	4.9%
35 to 44	9.8%	17.2%
45 to 54	14.8%	21.1%
55 to 64	15.8%	8.6%
65 to 74	11.6%	16.7%
75 and over	22.6%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jacksonville	Ruch
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	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	0.4%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jacksonville	Ruch
No high school diploma	2.4%	11.7%
High school graduate	15.3%	8.8%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	49.5%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	25.4%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jacksonville	Ruch
Drove alone	73.4%	80.3%
Carpooled	13.1%	0.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.5%	18.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jacksonville	Ruch
1-unit, detached	65.6%	84.4%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.2%	11.7%

Poverty & households

	Jacksonville	Ruch
Poverty rate	6.8%	2.6%
Average household size	2.09	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	17	30
Median year structure built	1993	1975