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Rusk Independent School District, TX

11,741 Population
312.3 square miles 37.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.1 ±3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Cherokee County: 38.2 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,648 ±$3,596 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cherokee County: $28,734 ±$1,855
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$67,303 ±$9,957 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Cherokee County: $61,261 ±$4,398
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.1% ±4.1% (1,093  ±383) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Cherokee County: 18.2% † 8,839 (±2.6% / ±1,245)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29.5 minutes ±4 (93,960  ±18,812) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cherokee County: 26.9 473,065 (±1.7 / ±37,958)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,492 ±322 Number of households
  • Cherokee County: 18,185 ±453
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0 (9,001  ±831) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Cherokee County: 2.7 48,688 (±0.1 / ±119)
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.6% ±2.8% (81  ±52) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Cherokee County: 9.1% † 985 (±2.1% / ±231)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,229 ±356 Number of housing units
  • Cherokee County: 21,053 ±68
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$171,800 ±$19,076 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Cherokee County: $169,300 ±$11,608
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.7% ±5.1% (1,827  ±603.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Cherokee County: 11.4% † 5,860 (±2.2% / ±1,124.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

80% ±5.2% (6,894  ±585.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cherokee County: 82% 28,431 (±3.4% / ±1,177.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
14.5% ±2.7% (1,246  ±245.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Cherokee County: 18.9% 6,568 (±1.7% / ±594.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • about two-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

5.8% ±2% (679  ±238) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Cherokee County: 9.4% 4,869
  • about one-third of the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.6% ±1.5% (521  ±145) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cherokee County: 7.2% † 2,779 (±0.9% / ±352)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
521 Total veterans ±145 511 Male ±142 10 Female ±14

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