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. Much of the housing stock in Ruther Glen was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Ruther Glen economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Ruther Glen, where the median household income is $85,894.00.

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.

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.

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.

One downside of living in Ruther Glen, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 36.60 minutes every day commuting to work.

The citizens of Ruther Glen are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 24.34% of adults in Ruther Glen having a bachelor's degree or advanced 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.