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Ruhenstroth, NV

Ruhenstroth's Census ACS profile: residents, income, housing, and the joined public-record layers available for this place.

1,605
Residents
$101,533
Median income
$665,700
Median home
$1,428
Median rent (state)
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Place dossier plate

Sheet NV-RUHENSTROTH-NV · Ruhenstroth, NV 1,605 pop · income 79th pct

POP-VILLAGE · INC-HIGH · COL-PAR · SAFE-UNK · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · HOME-HIGH · BOOK-UNK

  • POP-VILLAGE 1,605
  • INC-HIGH $101,533
  • COL-PAR 100.0
  • SAFE-UNK Safety pending
  • RANK-UPPER 79th
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Harrisburg
  • HOME-HIGH $665,700
  • BOOK-UNK Tracts pending

Nearest income peer: Harrisburg, SD (+ $1 income $)

Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Ruhenstroth

Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Ruhenstroth on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.

median HH income

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Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-08

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Nationwide peers by population, income

Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Ruhenstroth on ACS population and median household income . Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.

Similar population

Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 1,605.

4 peers

Similar household income

Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS median household income. This city: $101,533. Population peers are excluded.

4 peers

Ruhenstroth - the verdict

Nationally, Ruhenstroth sits in the 79th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.

79th
percentile, household income
92nd
percentile, home value
67th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this

Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.

Data Snapshot: Ruhenstroth, NV

Ruhenstroth is a small town in Nevada, home to 1,605 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in Ruhenstroth brings in $101,533 a year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 5.8%. Typical homes in Ruhenstroth are valued around $665,700, and the median resident age is 57.1 years. Educational attainment runs 32.1% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 50.2% of working-age residents are in the labor force.

Nevada tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Nevada at 100.0 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Near Average). A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,428 per month statewide. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Nevada run around $190, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 46.2 out of 100 (Low).

A decision-led reading path

Useful questions to ask of Ruhenstroth's data

How this reading path is ordered

This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from comparison shortlist to work and mobility to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.

For Ruhenstroth, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares. No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits, annual population history, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.

1. Comparison shortlist

Which cities make useful reference points for Ruhenstroth?

Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.

Within Nevada, the closest population matches are Lovelock (1,611 residents, $41,350 income); Smith Valley (1,618 residents, $48,194 income); Topaz Ranch Estates (1,646 residents, $57,794 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Tennille, GA (1,605 residents); Buena Vista comunidad (Arroyo Municipio), PR (1,605 residents); Limestone Creek, FL (1,606 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.

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Question 2

What does the journey to work look like in Ruhenstroth?

Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 80.5%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.

Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.

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3. Housing and income

How far does income reach against housing in Ruhenstroth?

This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.

The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 6.6 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 5.8%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.

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Population

1,605 residents

Micro place (under 10k)

Median Household Income

$101,533 /yr

High income · poverty 5.8% (Below-median poverty)

Cost of Living Index (state)

100.0 (US=100)

Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Nevada average

City profile score · Ruhenstroth, NV

61/100

4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023

Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.

Household income B+
$101,533

Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.

Bachelor's+ share C+
32.1%

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.

Poverty rate C+
5.8%

Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.

Cost of living D
100.0 index

BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.

Violent crime N/A
N/A

No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).

Ruhenstroth profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions) 4-axis radar comparing 1 series across Household income, Bachelor's+ share, Poverty rate, Cost of living. Household incomeBachelor's+ sharePoverty rateCost of living 61 C+
Ruhenstroth profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)
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  • Household income: 78/100 (B+) · $101,533
  • Bachelor's+ share: 62/100 (C+) · 32.1%
  • Poverty rate: 60/100 (C+) · 5.8%
  • Cost of living: 40/100 (D) · 100.0 index

How does Ruhenstroth compare to other US cities?

Where Ruhenstroth sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.

Household income 79% higher than other cities
Home value 92% pricier than other cities
Median rent 67% pricier than other cities

"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.

How we calculate these percentiles & ranks

Each percentile compares Ruhenstroth against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Nevada only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.

Nevada-relative analysis

Median Gross Rent places Ruhenstroth near the bottom of Nevada's cities

Among the 111 Nevada cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Ruhenstroth ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Ruhenstroth only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.

Median Household Income
#24 of 101
76th percentile in Nevada
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 111
0th percentile in Nevada
Median Home Value
#14 of 97
86th percentile in Nevada
Poverty Rate
#50 of 111
55th percentile in Nevada
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#28 of 111
75th percentile in Nevada
How in-state ranks are ordered

Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Nevada only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.

79thIncome percentile
Gauge source note

79th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.

How Ruhenstroth's home value compares nationally

Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)

$665,700 8th percentile more affordable than 8% of 15,600 US cities

Show national distribution $0–$25,000: 5 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $25,000–$50,000: 54 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $50,000–$75,000: 352 US cities (2%). Below this entry. $75,000–$100,000: 1,086 US cities (7%). Below this entry. $100,000–$125,000: 1,516 US cities (10%). Below this entry. $125,000–$150,000: 1,170 US cities (8%). Below this entry. $150,000–$175,000: 1,278 US cities (8%). Below this entry. $175,000–$200,000: 1,229 US cities (8%). Below this entry. $200,000–$225,000: 1,035 US cities (7%). Below this entry. $225,000–$250,000: 976 US cities (6%). Below this entry. $250,000–$275,000: 754 US cities (5%). Below this entry. $275,000–$300,000: 712 US cities (5%). Below this entry. $300,000–$325,000: 521 US cities (3%). Below this entry. $325,000–$350,000: 526 US cities (3%). Below this entry. $350,000–$375,000: 465 US cities (3%). Below this entry. $375,000–$400,000: 393 US cities (3%). Below this entry. $400,000–$425,000: 317 US cities (2%). Below this entry. $425,000–$450,000: 300 US cities (2%). Below this entry. $450,000–$475,000: 307 US cities (2%). Below this entry. $475,000–$500,000: 250 US cities (2%). Below this entry. $500,000–$525,000: 160 US cities (1%). Below this entry. $525,000–$550,000: 156 US cities (1%). Below this entry. $550,000–$575,000: 172 US cities (1%). Below this entry. $575,000–$600,000: 172 US cities (1%). Below this entry. $600,000–$625,000: 163 US cities (1%). Below this entry. $625,000–$650,000: 167 US cities (1%). Below this entry. $650,000–$675,000: 135 US cities (1%). This entry sits in this band. $675,000–$700,000: 101 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $700,000–$725,000: 95 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $725,000–$750,000: 71 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $750,000–$775,000: 65 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $775,000–$800,000: 70 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $800,000–$825,000: 57 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $825,000–$850,000: 67 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $850,000–$875,000: 60 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $875,000–$900,000: 58 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $900,000–$925,000: 47 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $925,000–$950,000: 37 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $950,000–$975,000: 31 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $975,000–$1,000,000: 470 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $1,000,000–$1,025,000: 0 US cities (0%). Above this entry. Ruhenstroth $0 $1,025,000 every US city, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023

Ruhenstroth's home-value-to-income ratio: 6.6×

ACS median home value divided by median household income.

Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#14,462 of 15,516
More affordable than 7% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#10,681 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)

At 6.6×, Ruhenstroth sits in the pressured band: national rank #14,462 of 15,516 and #10,681 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000). Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.

How this ratio is calculated

Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000. Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0). This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.

Income distribution context

$101,533 Ruhenstroth, NV median household income (Census ACS)

Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Household income distribution - Ruhenstroth, NV Ruhenstroth, NV's median household income ($101,533) against the U.S. national quintile-share pattern. The Lorenz curve and quintile bars are national context, not Ruhenstroth, NV-specific shares. $ Household Income Distribution Ruhenstroth, NV median $101,533/yr, vs. U.S. national quintile pattern QUINTILE SHARE OF AGGREGATE INCOME Lowest 20% 3.4% Second 20% 9.2% Middle 20% 15.1% Fourth 20% 23.2% Top 20% 49.1% LORENZ CURVE cumulative income vs. population 100% 0% 100% pop. 0%
Ruhenstroth, NV median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Ruhenstroth, NV.

Key socioeconomic indicators

Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+) 32.1%

Census ACS S1501, educational attainment

Poverty rate (households below FPL) 5.8%

Census ACS S1701, poverty status

Labor force participation (adults 16+) 50.2%

Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force

Population
1,605
Median Income
$101,533
Median Home Value
$665,700
Median Age
57.1
Poverty Rate
5.8%
Labor force participation
50.2%
Bachelor's Degree+
32.1%

Commute Patterns

Commute source

How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023

Drive Alone
80.5%
Carpool
17.5%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
2.1%

Based on 727 workers 16 and over.

Monthly Utility Costs

Nevada statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $190

EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Nevada at $190 (electricity about $105 , water and sewer about $55 ).

These are Nevada statewide averages, not a meter reading for Ruhenstroth. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.

Living Costs & Risk

Nevada's BEA cost-of-living index is 100.0 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Ruhenstroth is $1,428/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Nevada statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 46.2 / 100 (Low).

Cost/risk geography note

Cost of living is a Nevada statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Ruhenstroth sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.

How Ruhenstroth compares to similar-size Nevada cities

Same-state peer method

Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.

City Population Median Household Income
Ruhenstroth (this city) 1,605 $101,533
Lovelock 1,611 $41,350
Smith Valley 1,618 $48,194
Topaz Ranch Estates 1,646 $57,794
Primary sources on this page

Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.

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Primary sources: Census ACS, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES. Joins use OMB Bulletin 23-01 / FIPS keys.

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