Blue Ridge vs Rushville

A side-by-side comparison of Blue Ridge and Rushville: population, income, housing, and more.

Blue Ridge and Rushville are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rushville has the higher population (6,186 vs 201 in Blue Ridge). Blue Ridge has the higher median home value ($160,400 vs $120,000 in Rushville). Since 2019, Blue Ridge's population has grown faster (+46.7% vs +2.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Ridge	Rushville
Population	201	6,186
Median age	45.5 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$57,269
Median home value	$160,400	$120,000
Median gross rent	—	$844
Housing units	99	2,892
Homeownership rate	100.0%	57.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	18.2%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Ridge	Rushville
Population	137 → 201 (+46.7%)	6,050 → 6,186 (+2.2%)
Median household income	—	$48,648 → $57,269 (+17.7%)
Median home value	—	$88,900 → $120,000 (+35.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$699 → $844 (+20.7%)

Blue Ridge

Population

137201

Rushville

Population

6,0506,186

Median household income

$48,648$57,269

Median home value

$88,900$120,000

Median gross rent

$699$844

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Ridge	Rushville
Under 5	0.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	8.0%	16.6%
18 to 24	27.4%	9.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	14.8%
35 to 44	7.5%	11.5%
45 to 54	36.8%	11.3%
55 to 64	15.9%	15.1%
65 to 74	4.5%	7.7%
75 and over	0.0%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Ridge	Rushville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	91.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Ridge	Rushville
No high school diploma	10.8%	11.2%
High school graduate	71.5%	48.7%
Some college or associate's	17.7%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Ridge	Rushville
Drove alone	21.4%	84.2%
Carpooled	73.8%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Ridge	Rushville
1-unit, detached	100.0%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Blue Ridge	Rushville
Poverty rate	7.0%	16.2%
Average household size	2.68	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	—	22
Median year structure built	1943	1951