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Ruther Glen, VA
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Living in Ruther Glen



Ruther Glen is a medium-sized town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 20,396 people and five associated neighborhoods, Ruther Glen is the 50th largest community in Virginia. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Ruther Glen, 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 Ruther Glen, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Ruther Glen’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Ruther Glen does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $87,995.00.

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

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, Ruther Glen has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Ruther Glen a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

One downside of living in Ruther Glen, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 38.26 minutes every day commuting to work.

The population of Ruther Glen overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Ruther Glen, 23.51% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Ruther Glen in 2018 was $39,772, which is upper middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $159,088 for a family of four. However, Ruther Glen contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Ruther Glen is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Ruther Glen home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ruther Glen residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Ruther Glen include German, English, Irish, Italian, and French.

The most common language spoken in Ruther Glen is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.