Ruffin is a tiny town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 322 people and three associated neighborhoods, Ruffin is the 528th largest community in North Carolina. Ruffin 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 Ruffin, where the median household income is .

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

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.39% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

Overall, Ruffin’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.

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!) Ruffin 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. Ruffin has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Ruffin than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Ruffin may be for you.

One downside of living in Ruffin, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.68 minutes every day commuting to work.

As is often the case in a small town, Ruffin doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Ruffin ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 3.47% of people over 25 have a college degree.

The per capita income in Ruffin in 2022 was $48,438, which is wealthy relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $193,752 for a family of four. However, Ruffin contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Ruffin is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Arabic.