Purdy vs Ruston

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

Purdy 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 1,222 in Purdy). Ruston has the higher median household income ($113,971 vs $83,902 in Purdy). Ruston has the higher median home value ($808,200 vs $265,800 in Purdy).

Population, income & housing

	Purdy	Ruston
Population	1,222	1,293
Median age	66.3 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$83,902	$113,971
Median home value	$265,800	$808,200
Median gross rent	$2,577	$2,489
Housing units	613	697
Homeownership rate	77.7%	68.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.6%	58.0%
Unemployment rate	12.0%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Purdy	Ruston
Population	1,439 → 1,222 (-15.1%)	1,156 → 1,293 (+11.9%)
Median household income	$68,611 → $83,902 (+22.3%)	$90,833 → $113,971 (+25.5%)
Median home value	$215,800 → $265,800 (+23.2%)	$464,600 → $808,200 (+74.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,370 → $2,577 (+88.1%)	$1,257 → $2,489 (+98.0%)

Purdy

Population

1,4391,222

Median household income

$68,611$83,902

Median home value

$215,800$265,800

Median gross rent

$1,370$2,577

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)

	Purdy	Ruston
Under 5	0.0%	3.3%
5 to 17	13.2%	10.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.1%
25 to 34	4.5%	16.8%
35 to 44	3.2%	13.7%
45 to 54	10.1%	9.6%
55 to 64	13.0%	20.0%
65 to 74	38.6%	16.9%
75 and over	17.3%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Purdy	Ruston
White (non-Hispanic)	79.6%	74.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.4%
Asian	6.0%	7.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.0%	9.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Purdy	Ruston
No high school diploma	4.6%	2.0%
High school graduate	30.2%	15.4%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	33.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	24.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Purdy	Ruston
Drove alone	72.4%	71.1%
Carpooled	2.5%	5.2%
Public transit	4.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.3%
Worked from home	20.6%	18.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Purdy	Ruston
1-unit, detached	61.3%	58.1%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	7.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	29.7%
Mobile home & other	29.2%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Purdy	Ruston
Poverty rate	0.5%	7.3%
Average household size	1.99	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	28	32
Median year structure built	1993	1994