Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMore people are out of work in Rushville (7.1%) than in 83% of U.S. towns
4% of workers have no commute at all; Illinois has 16%. Rushville grades D for jobs and income and A− for walkability. Measured by household income, Rushville is behind 77% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Rushville, in a few figures
Commutes from Rushville are quick
The average trip to work takes 16 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 92 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Rushville workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Rushville
56% of Rushville residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 37% of the jobs based in Rushville pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 77% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
The four measures behind Rushville’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Rushville is better than 13% of U.S. towns, #733 of 768 in Illinois. The poverty rate holds Rushville’s grade up (12.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 14% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Rushville could be anywhere from D− to B.
From Rushville, about 16 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rushville workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,316 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
What the 1,051 jobs in Rushville are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rushville, 2013 → 2023: 1,251 → 1,051. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rushville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Rushville, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,093 residents head out to work, 326 work right here, and 725 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,500 people are in Rushville on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.74 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
14% of working residents work in Mount Sterling
Where Rushville clocks in
14% of workers
11% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
How many miles Rushville commutes
About 28% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Rushville is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,375 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.3% of Rushville households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Rushville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Rushville places 4,183rd of 4,882 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Deer Park IL | 3,647 | $174K | 1.3% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,181 | Mount Gilead OH | 3,575 | $45K | 17.7% | 6.8% | 12% | D |
| 4,182 | Billings Township MI | 2,377 | $54K | 10.0% | 7.1% | 2% | D |
| 4,183 | Rushville IL | 2,857 | $58K | 12.6% | 7.1% | 23% | D |
| 4,184 | Summit Hill PA | 3,133 | $65K | 24.0% | 8.5% | 5% | D |
| 4,185 | Pageland SC | 2,518 | $43K | 20.0% | 6.2% | 12% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,882 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Rushville, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Rushville: questions
What is the median household income in Rushville?
$57,583 (±$16,239) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rushville?
12.6%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rushville?
16 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rushville work?
23% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mount Sterling (14%, 14 mi), Beardstown (11%, 10 mi), Springfield (7%, 54 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Rushville walkable?
Rushville is more walkable than 83% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.8 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rushville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rushville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rushville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.