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Ruston, WA

1,245 Population
0.3 square miles 4,871.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.5 ±5.4 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 37.5 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 38.3 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$75,674 ±$12,275 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $63,994 ±$409
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Washington: $53,744 ±$274
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$116,331 ±$15,943 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $115,177 ±$719
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Washington: $98,141 ±$414
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.1% ±4% (88  ±54) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 8.5% 341,005 (±0.2% / ±7,092)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Washington: 9.9% 760,577 (±0.2% / ±11,694)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

34.2 minutes ±7.5 (17,090  ±7,348) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 29.2 46,776,328 (±0.1 / ±326,527)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Washington: 26.6 80,794,790 (±0.1 / ±440,159)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

637 ±148 Number of households
  • the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 1,608,596 ±3,508
  • Washington: 3,064,820 ±5,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.6 (1,245  ±284) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 2.5 3,989,134 (±0 / ±877)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,661,923
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

676 ±147 Number of housing units
  • the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 1,704,523 ±503
  • Washington: 3,306,620 ±517
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$912,700 ±$93,300 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $717,500 ±$2,514
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Washington: $564,600 ±$1,940
  • more than double the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.6% ±8.5% (194  ±114.6) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 15.5% 623,024 (±0.3% / ±10,862.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 14.5% 1,119,329 (±0.2% / ±13,666.9)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

98.1% ±26.6% (992  ±161.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 93.4% 2,698,015 (±0.4% / ±12,768.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Washington: 92.3% 5,060,127 (±0.3% / ±17,462.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
61.5% ±3.1% (622  ±138.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 47.2% 1,364,940 (±0.3% / ±8,425.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 39.6% 2,172,536 (±0.2% / ±10,817.2)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

10.2% ±5.1% (127  ±70) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 21% 853,800
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Washington: 15.4% 1,206,843
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.7% ±3.8% (90  ±44) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 6.4% 203,419 (±0.1% / ±3,044)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 7.8% 473,124 (±0.1% / ±4,854)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
90 Total veterans ±44 76 Male ±41 14 Female ±12

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