Mount Croghan vs Ruby

A side-by-side comparison of Mount Croghan and Ruby: population, income, housing, and more.

Mount Croghan and Ruby are places in South Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ruby has the higher population (244 vs 138 in Mount Croghan). Mount Croghan has the higher median household income ($65,833 vs $49,167 in Ruby). Ruby has the higher median home value ($108,700 vs $106,300 in Mount Croghan).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Croghan	Ruby
Population	138	244
Median age	48.7 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$65,833	$49,167
Median home value	$106,300	$108,700
Median gross rent	—	$750
Housing units	66	172
Homeownership rate	79.3%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Croghan	Ruby
Population	118 → 138 (+16.9%)	361 → 244 (-32.4%)
Median household income	$38,750 → $65,833 (+69.9%)	$41,833 → $49,167 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$76,400 → $106,300 (+39.1%)	$104,900 → $108,700 (+3.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$860 → $750 (-12.8%)

Mount Croghan

Population

118138

Median household income

$38,750$65,833

Median home value

$76,400$106,300

Ruby

Population

361244

Median household income

$41,833$49,167

Median home value

$104,900$108,700

Median gross rent

$860$750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Croghan	Ruby
Under 5	4.3%	4.9%
5 to 17	18.8%	16.0%
18 to 24	2.9%	5.7%
25 to 34	7.2%	16.4%
35 to 44	11.6%	7.0%
45 to 54	13.8%	10.2%
55 to 64	8.7%	23.8%
65 to 74	21.7%	2.5%
75 and over	10.9%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Croghan	Ruby
White (non-Hispanic)	71.0%	78.3%
Black or African American	7.2%	11.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	7.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	11.6%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Croghan	Ruby
No high school diploma	4.9%	12.8%
High school graduate	43.1%	50.3%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Croghan	Ruby
Drove alone	85.1%	84.5%
Carpooled	8.5%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	5.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Croghan	Ruby
1-unit, detached	86.4%	66.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.6%	29.7%

Poverty & households

	Mount Croghan	Ruby
Poverty rate	6.5%	15.6%
Average household size	2.38	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	1953	1966