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Rush Lake township, Otter Tail County, MN

940 Population
26.7 square miles 35.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

59.3 ±3.3 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Otter Tail County: 46.2 ±0.3
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Minnesota: 38.8 ±0.1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$43,869 ±$3,458 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Otter Tail County: $39,580 ±$838
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $48,237 ±$234
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$75,000 ±$10,976 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Otter Tail County: $72,255 ±$2,093
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $89,062 ±$409
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.1% ±3.7% (95  ±37) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Otter Tail County: 8.7% † 5,187 (±0.9% / ±547)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 522,508 (±0.2% / ±9,015)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.1 minutes ±2.4 (7,710  ±1,768) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Otter Tail County: 20.7 516,805 (±0.6 / ±19,016)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 22.7 54,914,636 (±0.1 / ±295,702)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

438 ±56 Number of households
  • Otter Tail County: 25,157 ±375
  • Minnesota: 2,307,955 ±6,063
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.4 (933  ±119) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Otter Tail County: 2.4 59,162 (±0 / ±26)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,601,148
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.8% ±11.4% (10  ±12) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Otter Tail County: 6.7% † 727 (±1.3% / ±137)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,229 (±0.1% / ±1,882)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

798 ±90 Number of housing units
  • Otter Tail County: 36,698 ±91
  • Minnesota: 2,545,030 ±1,535
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$325,700 ±$25,133 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Otter Tail County: $273,000 ±$6,397
  • about the same as the amount in Minnesota: $329,300 ±$903
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.2% ±3% (49  ±28.6) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Otter Tail County: 10.2% † 6,124 (±1.1% / ±659.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 12.2% 691,832 (±0.2% / ±9,053.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.2% ±14.1% (741  ±73.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Otter Tail County: 94.4% 41,063 (±2.2% / ±938.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,685,922 (±0.3% / ±13,417.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
22.6% ±4.4% (178  ±39.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Otter Tail County: 28.3% 12,316 (±1.2% / ±521.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 39.4% 1,546,100 (±0.2% / ±8,550.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.6% ±0.5% (6  ±5) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Otter Tail County: 3% 1,822
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 8.7% 497,722
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.8% ±2.2% (72  ±20) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Otter Tail County: 8% 3,781 (±0.6% / ±270)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Minnesota: 5.9% 259,988 (±0.1% / ±3,034)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
72 Total veterans ±20 70 Male ±20 2 Female ±3

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