What is the population of Rush City city?

Rush City city has 3,262 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #206 of 914 in Minnesota.

What is the median household income in Rush City city?

Median household income in Rush City city is $58,543 a year, 25.5% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Rush City city?

Median gross rent is $881 a month and the median home value is $199,000, so rent absorbs about 18.1% of median household income.

Is Rush City city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Rush City city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Rush City, MN population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Rush City, Minnesota (Rush City, MN — Census place “Rush City city”) is 3,262 residents, ranking #206 of 914 places in Minnesota. Median household income is $58,543, the median home is worth $199,000 and median gross rent runs $881 a month. Looking for the Rush City Minnesota ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Rush City, MN: 55069.

Population: 3,262Rush City city residents
Median household income: $58,543Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $199,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $881Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 37.8 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 59.6%Owner-occupied households

Rush City ZIP codes (Minnesota)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Rush City.

The Rush City MN ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

55069

What the numbers mean in Rush City city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Rush City city median would spend about 18.1% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 11.4% of residents and 59.6% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Rush City city, MN in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Rush City city is a small town in Minnesota, with 3,262 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #206 of 914 ranked by population — larger than 77% of them. The median age here is 37.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Rush City city earn a median of $58,543 a year, 25.5% below the national figure of $78,538 and 22% below the $75,469 median for the 361 Minnesota cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 11.4% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Rush City city is valued at $199,000, 34.4% below the national figure and 17% below the $240,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $881 a month, 37.3% below the national figure, or roughly $10,572 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.1% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 59.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Rush City city?: Rush City city has 3,262 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #206 of 914 in Minnesota.
What is the median household income in Rush City city?: Median household income in Rush City city is $58,543 a year, 25.5% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Rush City city?: Median gross rent is $881 a month and the median home value is $199,000, so rent absorbs about 18.1% of median household income.
Is Rush City city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Rush City city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Rush City city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.