Milroy vs Rushville

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

Milroy 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 629 in Milroy). Milroy has the higher median household income ($81,875 vs $57,269 in Rushville). Rushville has the higher median home value ($120,000 vs $105,000 in Milroy).

Population, income & housing

	Milroy	Rushville
Population	629	6,186
Median age	52.7 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$81,875	$57,269
Median home value	$105,000	$120,000
Median gross rent	—	$844
Housing units	378	2,892
Homeownership rate	96.0%	57.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Milroy	Rushville
Population	511 → 629 (+23.1%)	6,050 → 6,186 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$48,889 → $81,875 (+67.5%)	$48,648 → $57,269 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$66,500 → $105,000 (+57.9%)	$88,900 → $120,000 (+35.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,103 → $1,306 (+18.4%)	$699 → $844 (+20.7%)

Milroy

Population

511629

Median household income

$48,889$81,875

Median home value

$66,500$105,000

Median gross rent

$1,103$1,306

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)

	Milroy	Rushville
Under 5	2.5%	4.8%
5 to 17	7.2%	16.6%
18 to 24	4.1%	9.0%
25 to 34	9.7%	14.8%
35 to 44	9.4%	11.5%
45 to 54	24.8%	11.3%
55 to 64	17.5%	15.1%
65 to 74	18.3%	7.7%
75 and over	6.5%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Milroy	Rushville
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	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	5.9%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Milroy	Rushville
No high school diploma	4.4%	11.2%
High school graduate	58.3%	48.7%
Some college or associate's	15.5%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	2.4%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	19.4%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Milroy	Rushville
Drove alone	80.1%	84.2%
Carpooled	17.0%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.1%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Milroy	Rushville
1-unit, detached	73.3%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	17.7%	11.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Milroy	Rushville
Poverty rate	3.1%	16.2%
Average household size	2.25	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	33	22
Median year structure built	1938	1951