Rogue River vs Ruch

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

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

Rogue River has the higher population (2,092 vs 1,475 in Ruch). Ruch has the higher median household income ($81,591 vs $45,163 in Rogue River). Ruch has the higher median home value ($377,700 vs $274,800 in Rogue River).

Population, income & housing

	Rogue River	Ruch
Population	2,092	1,475
Median age	55.6 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	$45,163	$81,591
Median home value	$274,800	$377,700
Median gross rent	$1,185	$1,303
Housing units	1,200	556
Homeownership rate	56.5%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rogue River	Ruch
Population	2,410 → 2,092 (-13.2%)	986 → 1,475 (+49.6%)
Median household income	$35,875 → $45,163 (+25.9%)	$83,214 → $81,591 (-2.0%)
Median home value	$182,400 → $274,800 (+50.7%)	$419,200 → $377,700 (-9.9%)
Median gross rent	$793 → $1,185 (+49.4%)	$1,077 → $1,303 (+21.0%)

Rogue River

Population

2,4102,092

Median household income

$35,875$45,163

Median home value

$182,400$274,800

Median gross rent

$793$1,185

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)

	Rogue River	Ruch
Under 5	1.6%	4.3%
5 to 17	12.5%	20.4%
18 to 24	6.7%	2.4%
25 to 34	11.3%	4.9%
35 to 44	9.4%	17.2%
45 to 54	7.5%	21.1%
55 to 64	14.4%	8.6%
65 to 74	18.5%	16.7%
75 and over	18.1%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rogue River	Ruch
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rogue River	Ruch
No high school diploma	11.3%	11.7%
High school graduate	33.4%	8.8%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	49.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rogue River	Ruch
Drove alone	80.8%	80.3%
Carpooled	6.9%	0.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.9%	18.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rogue River	Ruch
1-unit, detached	50.7%	84.4%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	18.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.3%	11.7%

Poverty & households

	Rogue River	Ruch
Poverty rate	14.7%	2.6%
Average household size	1.97	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1979	1975