Ruckersville is a very small town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 1,484 people and two associated neighborhoods, Ruckersville is the 247th largest community in Virginia. Ruckersville 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 Ruckersville, where the median household income is $101,875.00.

Also of interest is that Ruckersville 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: 13.63% 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.

Even though Ruckersville is a smaller town, it has many people who hop on public transportation – mostly the bus for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.

The education level of Ruckersville citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 37.83% of adults in Ruckersville have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Ruckersville in 2022 was $49,217, which is wealthy relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $196,868 for a family of four. However, Ruckersville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Ruckersville is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Ruckersville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ruckersville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Ruckersville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.33% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Ruckersville include European, Northern European, English, German, and Russian.

The most common language spoken in Ruckersville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and West Germanic languages.