Rugby is a very small city located in the state of North Dakota. With a population of 2,481 people and two associated neighborhoods, Rugby is the 30th largest community in North Dakota.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.56% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.
Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 15.39 minutes getting to work every day.
Rugby is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The overall education level of Rugby citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 32.05% of adults in Rugby have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.
The per capita income in Rugby in 2022 was $35,899, which is middle income relative to North Dakota, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $143,596 for a family of four. However, Rugby contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Rugby home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rugby residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Rugby include German, Norwegian, Irish, Russian, and French.
The most common language spoken in Rugby is English. Other important languages spoken here include Tagalog and Polish.