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Ruston, WA

1,293 Population
0.3 square miles 5,059.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.8 ±7.6 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$77,129 ±$13,511 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $61,286 ±$389
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Washington: $51,493 ±$245
$113,971 ±$18,878 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $112,594 ±$909
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Washington: $94,952 ±$476

7.3% ±4.1% (93  ±55) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 8.4% 332,072 (±0.2% / ±8,221)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Washington: 9.9% 753,455 (±0.2% / ±11,430)

32.1 minutes ±9.7 (17,590  ±7,354) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 29.6 48,532,780 (±0.1 / ±305,413)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 27 83,194,470 (±0.1 / ±402,464)

Families

672 ±135 Number of households
  • the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 1,586,350 ±3,413
  • Washington: 3,020,558 ±5,770
1.9 ±0.5 (1,293  ±216) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 2.5 3,948,877 (±0 / ±709)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,588,019

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

697 ±134 Number of housing units
  • the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 1,681,971 ±386
  • Washington: 3,262,667 ±447

$808,200 ±$96,761 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $673,500 ±$2,926
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Washington: $519,800 ±$2,550

13.8% ±8.4% (178  ±112.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 16% 636,506 (±0.3% / ±10,390.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 15.1% 1,157,574 (±0.2% / ±13,781.2)

Social

98% ±21.8% (1,053  ±152.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 93.4% 2,660,423 (±0.4% / ±12,064.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Washington: 92.2% 4,987,606 (±0.3% / ±16,795.6)
58.1% ±7% (624  ±129.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 46.3% 1,319,923 (±0.3% / ±8,092.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 38.8% 2,097,154 (±0.2% / ±10,784.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

9.1% ±4.7% (118  ±64) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 20.4% 820,232
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Washington: 15.1% 1,170,683

9.4% ±3.5% (104  ±42) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 6.7% 211,008 (±0.1% / ±3,479)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 8.1% 486,714 (±0.1% / ±4,612)
104 Total veterans ±42 91 Male ±41 13 Female ±9

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