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Rush County Schools, IN

14,857 Population
372.5 square miles 39.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.4 ±0.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Rush County: 42.4 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,450 ±$1,596 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Rush County: $31,606 ±$1,540
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$66,641 ±$6,721 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Rush County: $66,473 ±$5,755
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12% ±2.8% (1,761  ±410) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Rush County: 11.9% † 1,961 (±2.5% / ±418)
  • a little less than the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.9 minutes ±1.4 (161,835  ±14,134) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Rush County: 26.3 192,575 (±1.1 / ±12,681)
  • a little higher than the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,014 ±230 Number of households
  • Rush County: 6,746 ±179
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (14,709  ±361) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Rush County: 2.5 16,591 (±0.1 / ±6)
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,671,685
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.6% ±2.4% (183  ±78) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Rush County: 6.7% † 245 (±2.6% / ±94)
  • a little higher than the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 85,809 (±0.2% / ±2,404)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,610 ±118 Number of housing units
  • Rush County: 7,387 ±24
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$164,300 ±$9,318 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Rush County: $166,800 ±$8,632
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.1% ±2.7% (1,639  ±406.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Rush County: 10.5% † 1,737 (±2.4% / ±392.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.8% ±4.6% (9,516  ±538.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Rush County: 91% 10,710 (±4.6% / ±551.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,153,503 (±0.4% / ±16,066.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17.8% ±2.5% (1,863  ±266.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Rush County: 18.6% † 2,187 (±2.4% / ±285.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)
  • about half 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

0.8% ±0.6% (122  ±90) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rush County: 0.7% 122
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 431,255
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.3% ±1.5% (839  ±172) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Rush County: 7.1% † 923 (±1.3% / ±171)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
839 Total veterans ±172 814 Male ±165 25 Female ±35

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