Phoenix vs Ruch

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

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

Phoenix has the higher population (4,383 vs 1,475 in Ruch). Ruch has the higher median household income ($81,591 vs $60,656 in Phoenix). Ruch has the higher median home value ($377,700 vs $367,700 in Phoenix).

Population, income & housing

	Phoenix	Ruch
Population	4,383	1,475
Median age	55.0 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	$60,656	$81,591
Median home value	$367,700	$377,700
Median gross rent	$1,263	$1,303
Housing units	1,916	556
Homeownership rate	71.6%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Phoenix	Ruch
Population	4,582 → 4,383 (-4.3%)	986 → 1,475 (+49.6%)
Median household income	$30,444 → $60,656 (+99.2%)	$83,214 → $81,591 (-2.0%)
Median home value	$188,400 → $367,700 (+95.2%)	$419,200 → $377,700 (-9.9%)
Median gross rent	$814 → $1,263 (+55.2%)	$1,077 → $1,303 (+21.0%)

Phoenix

Population

4,5824,383

Median household income

$30,444$60,656

Median home value

$188,400$367,700

Median gross rent

$814$1,263

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)

	Phoenix	Ruch
Under 5	4.5%	4.3%
5 to 17	8.1%	20.4%
18 to 24	6.0%	2.4%
25 to 34	9.7%	4.9%
35 to 44	11.4%	17.2%
45 to 54	10.5%	21.1%
55 to 64	14.4%	8.6%
65 to 74	17.9%	16.7%
75 and over	17.6%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Phoenix	Ruch
White (non-Hispanic)	76.7%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.0%	0.0%
Some other race	5.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	13.3%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Phoenix	Ruch
No high school diploma	3.6%	11.7%
High school graduate	26.1%	8.8%
Some college or associate's	40.8%	49.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Phoenix	Ruch
Drove alone	74.6%	80.3%
Carpooled	2.8%	0.2%
Public transit	7.7%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	2.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	18.5%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Phoenix	Ruch
1-unit, detached	62.7%	84.4%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	14.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.3%	11.7%

Poverty & households

	Phoenix	Ruch
Poverty rate	13.1%	2.6%
Average household size	2.33	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	20	30
Median year structure built	1990	1975