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Rusk, TX

5,332 Population
7.2 square miles 737.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.3 ±3.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Jacksonville, TX Micro Area: 38.2 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$15,931 ±$3,742 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Jacksonville, TX Micro Area: $27,825 ±$1,535
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$60,119 ±$23,904 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Jacksonville, TX Micro Area: $59,830 ±$5,223
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

11.5% ±6.3% (303  ±168) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Jacksonville, TX Micro Area: 17.9% † 8,578 (±2.4% / ±1,149)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

25.9 minutes ±8.1 (19,450  ±8,510) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Jacksonville, TX Micro Area: 27.5 482,690 (±1.5 / ±37,894)
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

974 ±166 Number of households
  • the Jacksonville, TX Micro Area: 18,085 ±407
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
2.7 ±0.5 (2,641  ±152) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Jacksonville, TX Micro Area: 2.7 47,887 (±0.1 / ±154)
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

11.2% ±8.9% (69  ±57) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Jacksonville, TX Micro Area: 11% † 1,183 (±2.4% / ±254)
  • about double the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

1,153 ±185 Number of housing units
  • the Jacksonville, TX Micro Area: 20,964 ±93
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$153,500 ±$82,752 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Jacksonville, TX Micro Area: $160,300 ±$14,365
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

24.4% ±9.6% (1,285  ±504.6) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Jacksonville, TX Micro Area: 11.6% † 5,839 (±2% / ±1,020)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

68.8% ±8.4% (2,895  ±376.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Jacksonville, TX Micro Area: 80.7% 27,433 (±3.7% / ±1,245.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
8.7% ±3.1% (364  ±131.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Jacksonville, TX Micro Area: 18.5% 6,275 (±1.7% / ±584)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Texas: 33.1% 6,381,971 (±0.1% / ±26,865.5)

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

6.4% ±2.6% (342  ±138) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Jacksonville, TX Micro Area: 9.3% 4,775
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

5.7% ±2.6% (257  ±119) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Jacksonville, TX Micro Area: 6.9% † 2,627 (±1% / ±369)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
257 Total veterans ±119 249 Male ±117 8 Female ±17

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