Photo: Nyttend · Public domainRushville has lower household incomes than 83% of U.S. towns
About one in four work in Rushville itself; outside it, Indianapolis draws the most (10%, 39 miles). Below the poverty line: 17.3% of residents, next to 12.3% across Indiana. Rushville grades C− for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Rushville apart
Rushville trades workers with the towns around it
Rushville has about as many jobs (3,215) as working residents (2,952), but they are mostly different people: 2,201 residents leave for work each day while 2,464 people come in. Only 23% of the jobs in Rushville are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Rushville’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Rushville is Indianapolis, 39 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (293) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Rushville
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Rushville is better than 16% of U.S. towns, #551 of 593 in Indiana. Job access by car holds Rushville’s grade up (ahead of 35% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($53,434, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Rushville could be anywhere from D to B−.
In and out of Rushville on a workday
On a workday 2,201 residents head out to work, 751 work right here, and 2,464 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The commute from Rushville, by distance
About 15% 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.
Out of Rushville to work: where people go
Where Rushville clocks in
10% of workers
9% 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.
Goods, not services: 28% of the jobs in Rushville
3,215 jobs are based in Rushville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rushville, 2013 → 2023: 2,867 → 3,215. 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.
Commuting from Rushville: about 22 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rushville workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,468 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Most trips from Rushville start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rushville is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns, #222 of 593 in Indiana. Both inputs place Rushville near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,600 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). 9.5% of Rushville households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Rushville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Rushville is 2,929th of 3,370 U.S. towns of 4,300 to 8,300 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 81 | Worth Township IN | 6,688 | $123K | 4.1% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 126 | Hidden Valley IN | 5,706 | $121K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 168 | New Whiteland IN | 5,937 | $90K | 3.3% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,927 | Rockingham VT | 4,697 | $71K | 16.7% | 7.8% | 22% | C− |
| 2,928 | Elberton GA | 4,890 | $50K | 25.7% | 3.9% | 22% | C− |
| 2,929 | Rushville IN | 6,171 | $53K | 17.3% | 5.6% | 25% | C− |
| 2,930 | McKenzie TN | 5,632 | $37K | 21.2% | 4.0% | 21% | C− |
| 2,931 | Cascade Valley WA | 4,609 | $61K | 12.6% | 8.7% | 1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,370 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Indiana.
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?
$53,434 (±$5,786) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rushville?
17.3%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rushville?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rushville work?
25% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Indianapolis (10%, 39 mi), Shelbyville (9%, 18 mi), Greensburg (5%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Rushville walkable?
Rushville is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rushville without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 10% 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.