Crocker vs Ruston

A side-by-side comparison of Crocker and Ruston: population, income, housing, and more.

Crocker and Ruston are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ruston has the higher population (1,293 vs 1,173 in Crocker). Ruston has the higher median household income ($113,971 vs $104,049 in Crocker). Ruston has the higher median home value ($808,200 vs $296,400 in Crocker).

Population, income & housing

	Crocker	Ruston
Population	1,173	1,293
Median age	45.4 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$104,049	$113,971
Median home value	$296,400	$808,200
Median gross rent	—	$2,489
Housing units	427	697
Homeownership rate	95.1%	68.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	58.0%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crocker	Ruston
Population	1,196 → 1,173 (-1.9%)	1,156 → 1,293 (+11.9%)
Median household income	$96,551 → $104,049 (+7.8%)	$90,833 → $113,971 (+25.5%)
Median home value	$293,800 → $296,400 (+0.9%)	$464,600 → $808,200 (+74.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,199 → $1,143 (-4.7%)	$1,257 → $2,489 (+98.0%)

Crocker

Population

1,1961,173

Median household income

$96,551$104,049

Median home value

$293,800$296,400

Median gross rent

$1,199$1,143

Ruston

Population

1,1561,293

Median household income

$90,833$113,971

Median home value

$464,600$808,200

Median gross rent

$1,257$2,489

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crocker	Ruston
Under 5	7.6%	3.3%
5 to 17	20.8%	10.4%
18 to 24	1.7%	3.1%
25 to 34	7.0%	16.8%
35 to 44	12.7%	13.7%
45 to 54	22.4%	9.6%
55 to 64	12.1%	20.0%
65 to 74	10.1%	16.9%
75 and over	5.5%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crocker	Ruston
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	74.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.4%
Asian	0.0%	7.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.0%
Some other race	4.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.4%	9.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crocker	Ruston
No high school diploma	8.5%	2.0%
High school graduate	36.6%	15.4%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	33.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	24.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crocker	Ruston
Drove alone	69.0%	71.1%
Carpooled	20.4%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.3%
Worked from home	9.3%	18.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crocker	Ruston
1-unit, detached	77.3%	58.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	29.7%
Mobile home & other	18.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Crocker	Ruston
Poverty rate	9.6%	7.3%
Average household size	2.75	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	49	32
Median year structure built	1986	1994