Prospect vs Ruch

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

Prospect 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 724 in Prospect). Ruch has the higher median household income ($81,591 vs $39,808 in Prospect). Ruch has the higher median home value ($377,700 vs $309,000 in Prospect).

Population, income & housing

	Prospect	Ruch
Population	724	1,475
Median age	56.6 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	$39,808	$81,591
Median home value	$309,000	$377,700
Median gross rent	$744	$1,303
Housing units	320	556
Homeownership rate	79.2%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prospect	Ruch
Population	476 → 724 (+52.1%)	986 → 1,475 (+49.6%)
Median household income	$24,338 → $39,808 (+63.6%)	$83,214 → $81,591 (-2.0%)
Median home value	$146,800 → $309,000 (+110.5%)	$419,200 → $377,700 (-9.9%)
Median gross rent	$613 → $744 (+21.4%)	$1,077 → $1,303 (+21.0%)

Prospect

Population

476724

Median household income

$24,338$39,808

Median home value

$146,800$309,000

Median gross rent

$613$744

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)

	Prospect	Ruch
Under 5	3.3%	4.3%
5 to 17	15.7%	20.4%
18 to 24	1.9%	2.4%
25 to 34	12.6%	4.9%
35 to 44	6.8%	17.2%
45 to 54	8.3%	21.1%
55 to 64	17.4%	8.6%
65 to 74	16.0%	16.7%
75 and over	18.0%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prospect	Ruch
White (non-Hispanic)	76.2%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.5%	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	18.2%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prospect	Ruch
No high school diploma	4.5%	11.7%
High school graduate	17.7%	8.8%
Some college or associate's	63.8%	49.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prospect	Ruch
Drove alone	86.1%	80.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.8%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	18.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prospect	Ruch
1-unit, detached	61.6%	84.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	38.4%	11.7%

Poverty & households

	Prospect	Ruch
Poverty rate	20.6%	2.6%
Average household size	2.35	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	37	30
Median year structure built	1977	1975