Bison vs Rush Center

A side-by-side comparison of Bison and Rush Center: population, income, housing, and more.

Bison and Rush Center are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rush Center has the higher population (226 vs 201 in Bison). Rush Center has the higher median household income ($76,250 vs $63,250 in Bison). Rush Center has the higher median home value ($81,000 vs $51,000 in Bison).

Population, income & housing

	Bison	Rush Center
Population	201	226
Median age	42.3 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$63,250	$76,250
Median home value	$51,000	$81,000
Housing units	122	124
Homeownership rate	97.8%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	22.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bison	Rush Center
Population	167 → 201 (+20.4%)	227 → 226 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$39,688 → $63,250 (+59.4%)	$53,125 → $76,250 (+43.5%)
Median home value	$52,500 → $51,000 (-2.9%)	$51,900 → $81,000 (+56.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$631 → $538 (-14.7%)

Bison

Population

167201

Median household income

$39,688$63,250

Median home value

$52,500$51,000

Rush Center

Population

227226

Median household income

$53,125$76,250

Median home value

$51,900$81,000

Median gross rent

$631$538

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bison	Rush Center
Under 5	6.0%	7.1%
5 to 17	8.0%	14.2%
18 to 24	14.9%	6.6%
25 to 34	20.4%	8.4%
35 to 44	2.0%	13.3%
45 to 54	8.0%	24.3%
55 to 64	22.4%	7.5%
65 to 74	12.4%	9.3%
75 and over	6.0%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bison	Rush Center
White (non-Hispanic)	70.6%	97.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	19.4%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bison	Rush Center
No high school diploma	2.8%	4.9%
High school graduate	33.6%	18.4%
Some college or associate's	45.5%	66.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	5.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bison	Rush Center
Drove alone	93.7%	82.4%
Carpooled	4.2%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bison	Rush Center
1-unit, detached	97.5%	95.2%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Bison	Rush Center
Poverty rate	24.4%	9.7%
Average household size	2.21	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	19	28
Median year structure built	1938	1958