Ruch vs Shady Cove

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

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

Shady Cove has the higher population (3,083 vs 1,475 in Ruch). Ruch has the higher median household income ($81,591 vs $45,750 in Shady Cove). Ruch has the higher median home value ($377,700 vs $248,800 in Shady Cove).

Population, income & housing

	Ruch	Shady Cove
Population	1,475	3,083
Median age	50.2 yrs	59.6 yrs
Median household income	$81,591	$45,750
Median home value	$377,700	$248,800
Median gross rent	$1,303	$1,086
Housing units	556	1,598
Homeownership rate	73.0%	66.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.9%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	12.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ruch	Shady Cove
Population	986 → 1,475 (+49.6%)	3,080 → 3,083 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$83,214 → $81,591 (-2.0%)	$39,967 → $45,750 (+14.5%)
Median home value	$419,200 → $377,700 (-9.9%)	$184,400 → $248,800 (+34.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,077 → $1,303 (+21.0%)	$1,219 → $1,086 (-10.9%)

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

Shady Cove

Population

3,0803,083

Median household income

$39,967$45,750

Median home value

$184,400$248,800

Median gross rent

$1,219$1,086

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ruch	Shady Cove
Under 5	4.3%	2.4%
5 to 17	20.4%	13.8%
18 to 24	2.4%	1.8%
25 to 34	4.9%	8.2%
35 to 44	17.2%	8.4%
45 to 54	21.1%	6.0%
55 to 64	8.6%	25.0%
65 to 74	16.7%	21.6%
75 and over	4.4%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ruch	Shady Cove
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	77.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.8%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	1.4%	8.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ruch	Shady Cove
No high school diploma	11.7%	6.1%
High school graduate	8.8%	23.2%
Some college or associate's	49.5%	53.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ruch	Shady Cove
Drove alone	80.3%	72.7%
Carpooled	0.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.5%	25.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ruch	Shady Cove
1-unit, detached	84.4%	54.4%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	11.7%	20.1%

Poverty & households

	Ruch	Shady Cove
Poverty rate	2.6%	15.1%
Average household size	2.65	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	30	22
Median year structure built	1975	1997