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Rufus, OR

212 Population
1.2 square miles 179 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48 ±15 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Sherman County: 44.7 † ±5.8
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Oregon: 40.4 ±0.2

Economics

$31,263 ±$9,309 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Sherman County: $32,548 † ±$4,107
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Oregon: $45,612 ±$309
$39,306 ±$14,093 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Sherman County: $60,161 † ±$11,044
  • about half the amount in Oregon: $83,011 ±$573

24.5% ±11.3% (52  ±29) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Sherman County: 22% † 427 (±5.9% / ±114)
  • about double the rate in Oregon: 11.9% 498,380 (±0.2% / ±8,575)

11.6 minutes ±4.3 (825  ±486) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in Sherman County: 22.6 † 15,680 (±3.2 / ±2,983)
  • about half the figure in Oregon: 23 37,691,044 (±0.1 / ±270,854)

Families

123 ±28 Number of households
  • Sherman County: 804 ±66
  • Oregon: 1,718,422 ±4,082
1.7 ±0.4 (212  ±67) Persons per household
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Sherman County: 2.4 1,934 (±0.2 / ±2)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Oregon: 2.4 4,153,548

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

Housing

151 ±30 Number of housing units
  • Sherman County: 969 ±74
  • Oregon: 1,857,992 ±637

$182,800 ±$47,607 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Sherman County: $211,800 † ±$29,703
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Oregon: $477,600 ±$1,400

5.7% ±10.2% (12  ±22) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Sherman County: 10.1% † 195 (±5% / ±95.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Oregon: 14% 589,616 (±0.2% / ±9,960.3)

Social

82.9% ±18.9% (126  ±43.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Sherman County: 91.2% 1,228 (±7.7% / ±127.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Oregon: 91.9% 2,796,561 (±0.4% / ±12,104.7)
13.2% ±18.5% (20  ±28.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Sherman County: 16% † 216 (±4.4% / ±60.2)
  • about one-third of the rate in Oregon: 36.8% 1,120,686 (±0.3% / ±7,591.5)

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

4.7% ±6% (10  ±13) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Sherman County: 0.7% 14
  • about half the rate in Oregon: 9.8% 418,367

18.3% ±12.2% (31  ±22) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Sherman County: 12.1% † 188 (±3.2% / ±50)
  • more than double the rate in Oregon: 7.2% 246,300 (±0.1% / ±3,835)
31 Total veterans ±22 31 Male ±22 N/A Female ±13

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