Carthage vs Rushville

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

Carthage 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 754 in Carthage). Rushville has the higher median household income ($57,269 vs $42,500 in Carthage). Rushville has the higher median home value ($120,000 vs $88,900 in Carthage).

Population, income & housing

	Carthage	Rushville
Population	754	6,186
Median age	36.4 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$42,500	$57,269
Median home value	$88,900	$120,000
Median gross rent	$906	$844
Housing units	313	2,892
Homeownership rate	57.6%	57.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.6%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carthage	Rushville
Population	998 → 754 (-24.4%)	6,050 → 6,186 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$36,607 → $42,500 (+16.1%)	$48,648 → $57,269 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$81,700 → $88,900 (+8.8%)	$88,900 → $120,000 (+35.0%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $906 (+18.7%)	$699 → $844 (+20.7%)

Carthage

Population

998754

Median household income

$36,607$42,500

Median home value

$81,700$88,900

Median gross rent

$763$906

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)

	Carthage	Rushville
Under 5	12.1%	4.8%
5 to 17	18.3%	16.6%
18 to 24	9.9%	9.0%
25 to 34	8.4%	14.8%
35 to 44	18.2%	11.5%
45 to 54	8.9%	11.3%
55 to 64	10.1%	15.1%
65 to 74	10.9%	7.7%
75 and over	3.3%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carthage	Rushville
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	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	2.4%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carthage	Rushville
No high school diploma	15.1%	11.2%
High school graduate	46.9%	48.7%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	3.1%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carthage	Rushville
Drove alone	70.0%	84.2%
Carpooled	16.2%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	5.9%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carthage	Rushville
1-unit, detached	69.0%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	11.7%
20 or more units	0.6%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Carthage	Rushville
Poverty rate	30.6%	16.2%
Average household size	2.71	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	41	22
Median year structure built	1941	1951