Photo: Jon Platek · CC BY-SA 3.0At 6.7%, unemployment in Rush City is higher than in 80% of U.S. towns
At home: 6% of workers have no commute at all (Minnesota 18%). The two grades for Rush City are C− for jobs and income and B for walkability. Measured by household income, Rush City is behind 76% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Rush City at work: what stands out
Why Rush City gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Rush City is better than 17% of U.S. towns, #257 of 273 in Minnesota. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Rush City’s grade.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Rush City could be anywhere from D to B−.
How far it is to work from Rush City
About 32% 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.
Rush City on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,090 residents head out to work, 149 work right here, and 1,638 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,800 people are in Rush City on a workday afternoon, 17% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.44 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 towns that employ Rush City’s residents
Where Rush City clocks in
6% of workers
4% 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.
The 1,787 jobs based in Rush City
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rush City, 2013 → 2023: 1,582 → 1,787. 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 Rush City’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Rush City takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rush City workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,131 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% drive alone, 2% 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 Rush City start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rush City is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns, #147 of 273 in Minnesota. Both inputs place Rush City 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 1,200 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). 4.7% of Rush City households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Rush City’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Rush City ranks: 3,816th of 4,593 U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,500
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Independence MN | 3,763 | $187K | 1.1% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Deephaven MN | 3,794 | $198K | 1.7% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 18 | Greenfield MN | 2,962 | $154K | 1.2% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,814 | Lower Yoder Township PA | 2,335 | $43K | 14.9% | 6.0% | 5% | C− |
| 3,815 | Kaunakakai HI | 4,360 | $76K | 13.7% | 6.7% | 39% | C− |
| 3,816 | Rush City MN | 3,300 | $59K | 13.3% | 6.7% | 12% | C− |
| 3,817 | Dannemora NY | 2,562 | $62K | 13.8% | 9.5% | <1% | C− |
| 3,818 | Kane PA | 3,463 | $52K | 9.7% | 5.7% | 29% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,593 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Rush City, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Rush City and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rush City workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush City | – | C− | B | 26 min | $58,760 |
| Rushseba Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Nessel Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 33 min | $86,290 |
Same-state neighbors only. Rushseba Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rush City’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Rush City: questions
What is the median household income in Rush City?
$58,760 (±$2,307) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rush City?
13.3%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rush City?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rush City work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cambridge (6%, 15 mi), North Branch (6%, 12 mi), Minneapolis (4%, 52 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Rush City walkable?
Rush City is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rush City without a car?
1% 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 Rush City, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rush City
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.