Average household size:
| This town: | 2.2 people | | South Carolina: | 2.5 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This town: | 69.4% | | Whole state: | 69.9% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This town: | 1.3% | | Whole state: | 4.6% |
No gay or lesbian households reported
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This town: | 8.7% | | Whole state: | 14.1% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This town: | 4.8% | | Whole state: | 6.5% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Ruby, SC
Ruby compared to South Carolina state average:
- Median house value below state average.
- Unemployed percentage significantly below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Length of stay since moving in above state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.
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School Enrollment by Level of School
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2004 Presidential Election results in Chesterfield County South Carolina:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Electricity (56%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (23%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (16%)
- Utility gas (3%)
- Wood (1%)
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Religion statistics for Ruby
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Presbyterian Church (USA) | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
| Adherents | 60.9% | 22.7% | 5.1% | 2.9% | 1.6% |
| Congregations | 48.8% | 25.6% | 9.9% | 4.1% | 0.8% |
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| Name | Episcopal Church | International Pentecostal Holiness Church | Baha'i | Catholic Church | Other religions |
| Adherents | 1.4% | 1.1% | 0.9% | 0.8% | 2.5% |
| Congregations | 0.8% | 0.8% | N/A | 1.7% | 7.4% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center. Tables represent county-level data.
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $196 |
| Other Government Administration |
0 | $0 | | 5 | $153 |
| Totals for Government |
0 | $0 | | 6 | $349 |
Ruby government finances in 2006:
- Current Operations - General - Other: $45,000
General Public Buildings: $13,000
Parks and Recreation: $4,000
Financial Administration: $1,000
- Miscellaneous - Rents: $2,000
Interest Earnings: $2,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $102,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $6,000
4.70% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($29,343 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 4.70% | | South Carolina average: | 8.00% |
0.07% of residents moved from foreign countries ($198 average AGI)| Chesterfield County: | 0.07% | | South Carolina average: | 0.15% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
4.82% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($26,241 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 4.82% | | South Carolina average: | 6.88% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Ruby:
- WCEO (840 AM; daytime; 50 kW; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: EASTERN BROADCASTING GROUP, INC.)
- WAGL (1560 AM; daytime; 50 kW; LANCASTER, SC; Owner: PALMETTO BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC.)
- WBT (1110 AM; 50 kW; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: JEFFERSON-PILOT COMMUNICATNS CO. OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- WBAJ (890 AM; daytime; 50 kW; BLYTHEWOOD, SC; Owner: FAMILY FIRST)
- WLWL (770 AM; daytime; 5 kW; ROCKINGHAM, NC; Owner: SANDHILLS BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
- WBSC (1550 AM; 10 kW; BENNETTSVILLE, SC; Owner: D-MITCH BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WNOW (1030 AM; daytime; 9 kW; MINT HILL, NC; Owner: CHARLOTTE METRO RADIO, INC.)
- WPTF (680 AM; 50 kW; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: FIRST STATE COMMUNICATIONS)
- WJMX (970 AM; 10 kW; FLORENCE, SC; Owner: QANTUM OF FLORENCE LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
- WTRU (830 AM; 50 kW; KERNERSVILLE, NC; Owner: TRUTH BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WBCU (1460 AM; 50 kW; UNION, SC)
- WHKY (1290 AM; 50 kW; HICKORY, NC; Owner: LONG COMMUNICATIONS, LLC.)
- WLFJ (660 AM; daytime; 50 kW; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Ruby:
- WVSZ (107.3 FM; CHESTERFIELD, SC; Owner: OUR THREE SONS BROADCASTING, LLP)
- WYFQ-FM (93.5 FM; WADESBORO, NC; Owner: BIBLE BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
- WRML (102.3 FM; PAGELAND, SC; Owner: ROBERT BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WWMG (96.1 FM; SHELBY, NC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WEGX (92.9 FM; DILLON, SC; Owner: QANTUM OF FLORENCE LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
- WKKT (96.9 FM; STATESVILLE, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WJMX-FM (103.3 FM; CHERAW, SC; Owner: QANTUM OF FLORENCE LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
- WSOC-FM (103.7 FM; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
- WSSS (104.7 FM; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
- WFAE (90.7 FM; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY RADIO FOUNDATION, INC.)
- WBZF (98.5 FM; HARTSVILLE, SC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WJSG (104.3 FM; HAMLET, NC; Owner: JACKSON BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WNMX-FM (106.1 FM; WAXHAW, NC; Owner: GHB OF WAXHAW, INC)
TV broadcast stations around Ruby:
- WPDE-TV (Channel 15; FLORENCE, SC; Owner: GRAND STRAND COMMUNICATIONS)
- WWMB (Channel 21; FLORENCE, SC; Owner: ATLANTIC MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
- WBTW (Channel 13; FLORENCE, SC; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL BROADCASTING OF SO. CAROLINA HOLDINGS, INC.)
- WAFF (Channel 48; HUNTSVILLE, AL; Owner: RAYCOM AMERICA, INC.)
- WOLO-TV (Channel 25; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: SOUTH CAROLINA BROADCASTING PARTNERS)
- WGTB-LP (Channel 28; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: VICTORY CHRISTIAN CENTER, INC.)
- WLTX (Channel 19; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: PACIFIC AND SOUTHERN COMPANY, INC.)
- WUNG-TV (Channel 58; CONCORD, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- WACH (Channel 57; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: RAYCOM AMERICA, INC.)
- WIS (Channel 10; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: LIBCO, INC.)
- WTVI (Channel 42; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG PUBLIC BROADCASTING AUTHORITY)
Ruby fatal accident list:
Apr 28, 1999 04:20 AM, Sr-109, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 3, Fatalities: 1
Dec 16, 1979 12:25 AM, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 2- Nathan Byrd, Highway 9 (Main Street), Type: Tower, Structure height: 76.2 m, Overall height: 77.4 m, , Licensee ID: L01155143
Registrant: Pegasus Tower Development Company, LLC, Richlands, VA 24641, Phone: (276) 963-1821, Email:
- 401 North Wexford Rd, Type: Tower, Structure height: 142.6 m, Overall height: 142.6 m, , Licensee ID: L00012124
Registrant: South Carolina Educational Television Commission, 1101 George Rogers Boulevard, Columbia, SC 29211, Phone: (803) 737-3500, Email:
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 2- Ruby Tank Off Sc Rt 109, Type: Tank, Structure height: 40 m, Call Sign: WPLE711, Licensee ID: L00078903
Assigned Frequencies : 451.150 MHz Grant Date: 01/11/2002, Expiration Date: 03/18/2012, Certifier: Jackie Hammond
Registrant: Chesterfield County Rural Water Company, Hwy 102, Chesterfield, SC 29709, Phone: (803) 623-6090, Fax: (803) 623-6052 - 2 Mi Sw, Call Sign: WYX406
Assigned Frequencies : 451.525 MHz Grant Date: 12/22/1999, Expiration Date: 12/22/2004, Cancelation Date: 02/26/2005
Registrant: Carolina Power And Light Company, 2610 Wycliff Road, Raleigh, NC 27607, Phone: (919) 235-4120, Fax: (919) 235-4008, Email:
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 2- Call Sign: KA4LNL, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00188137
Grant Date: 03/01/1999, Expiration Date: 06/07/2006, Cancelation Date: 06/10/2008
Registrant: Allen G Gilley, Ruby, SC 29741 - Call Sign: KG4DVZ, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L01341412
Grant Date: 06/29/1999, Expiration Date: 06/29/2009, Certifier: Timothy G Lampley
Registrant: Timothy G Lampley, 204 Archie Sowell Rd, Ruby, SC 29741
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