Ruther Glen is a medium-sized town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 20,833 people and five associated neighborhoods, Ruther Glen is the 50th largest community in Virginia. Ruther Glen has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Ruther Glen, where the median household income is $87,995.00.Ruther Glen is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Ruther Glen is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ruther Glen who work in office and administrative support (13.29%), sales jobs (9.08%), and management occupations (7.84%). 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. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Ruther Glen has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Ruther Glen has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Ruther Glen than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Ruther Glen may be for you. In Ruther Glen, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 38.26 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. The education level of Ruther Glen citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 23.51% of adults in Ruther Glen have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Ruther Glen in 2022 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.
