Grass Valley vs Rufus

A side-by-side comparison of Grass Valley and Rufus: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rufus has the higher population (225 vs 161 in Grass Valley). Grass Valley has the higher median household income ($58,313 vs $55,833 in Rufus). Rufus has the higher median home value ($173,400 vs $120,100 in Grass Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Grass Valley	Rufus
Population	161	225
Median age	40.8 yrs	53.9 yrs
Median household income	$58,313	$55,833
Median home value	$120,100	$173,400
Median gross rent	$337	$756
Housing units	108	141
Homeownership rate	63.6%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grass Valley	Rufus
Population	179 → 161 (-10.1%)	173 → 225 (+30.1%)
Median household income	$32,250 → $58,313 (+80.8%)	$63,438 → $55,833 (-12.0%)
Median home value	$98,000 → $120,100 (+22.6%)	$146,400 → $173,400 (+18.4%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $337 (-64.5%)	$680 → $756 (+11.2%)

Grass Valley

Population

179161

Median household income

$32,250$58,313

Median home value

$98,000$120,100

Median gross rent

$950$337

Rufus

Population

173225

Median household income

$63,438$55,833

Median home value

$146,400$173,400

Median gross rent

$680$756

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grass Valley	Rufus
Under 5	12.4%	4.0%
5 to 17	2.5%	13.3%
18 to 24	2.5%	5.8%
25 to 34	23.0%	5.8%
35 to 44	11.2%	9.8%
45 to 54	3.7%	12.0%
55 to 64	5.6%	16.9%
65 to 74	14.9%	18.2%
75 and over	24.2%	14.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grass Valley	Rufus
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	74.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	8.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	16.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grass Valley	Rufus
No high school diploma	8.3%	19.7%
High school graduate	24.8%	48.6%
Some college or associate's	47.4%	19.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grass Valley	Rufus
Drove alone	52.5%	82.3%
Carpooled	5.0%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	25.0%	9.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	0.0%
Other means	15.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grass Valley	Rufus
1-unit, detached	50.9%	40.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	40.7%	56.0%

Poverty & households

	Grass Valley	Rufus
Poverty rate	8.1%	20.0%
Average household size	2.00	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	15	12
Median year structure built	1965	1982