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Ruffin, NC
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Living in Ruffin



Ruffin is a tiny town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 322 people and three associated neighborhoods, Ruffin is the 528th largest community in North Carolina. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Ruffin, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Ruffin, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Ruffin’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Ruffin does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is .

Also of interest is that Ruffin has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

A relatively large number of people in Ruffin telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.26% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Overall, Ruffin’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.

The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Ruffin has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Ruffin a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

One downside of living in Ruffin, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.19 minutes every day commuting to work.

As is often the case in a small town, Ruffin doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Ruffin ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 0.00% of people over 25 have a college degree.

The per capita income in Ruffin in 2018 was $41,726, which is wealthy relative to North Carolina, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $166,904 for a family of four. However, Ruffin contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Ruffin is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Ruffin home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ruffin residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Ruffin include English, Scots-Irish, Irish, Yugoslavian, and Other West Indian.

The most common language spoken in Ruffin is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Arabic.


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