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 $85,894.00.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Ruther Glen is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-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 (14.35%), sales jobs (10.18%), and teaching (8.03%). 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. A relatively large number of people in Ruther Glen telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.72% 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. 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 is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Ruther Glen, the average commute to work is 36.60 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. The education level of Ruther Glen citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 24.34% of adults in Ruther Glen have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Ruther Glen in 2022 was $38,528, which is middle income relative to Virginia, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $154,112 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.
