La Crosse vs Rush Center

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

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

La Crosse has the higher population (1,081 vs 226 in Rush Center). Rush Center has the higher median household income ($76,250 vs $50,872 in La Crosse). La Crosse has the higher median home value ($82,800 vs $81,000 in Rush Center).

Population, income & housing

	La Crosse	Rush Center
Population	1,081	226
Median age	49.1 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$50,872	$76,250
Median home value	$82,800	$81,000
Median gross rent	$744	—
Housing units	629	124
Homeownership rate	72.1%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.0%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	0.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	La Crosse	Rush Center
Population	1,232 → 1,081 (-12.3%)	227 → 226 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$41,094 → $50,872 (+23.8%)	$53,125 → $76,250 (+43.5%)
Median home value	$83,800 → $82,800 (-1.2%)	$51,900 → $81,000 (+56.1%)
Median gross rent	$689 → $744 (+8.0%)	$631 → $538 (-14.7%)

La Crosse

Population

1,2321,081

Median household income

$41,094$50,872

Median home value

$83,800$82,800

Median gross rent

$689$744

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)

	La Crosse	Rush Center
Under 5	9.0%	7.1%
5 to 17	10.3%	14.2%
18 to 24	5.0%	6.6%
25 to 34	14.5%	8.4%
35 to 44	7.4%	13.3%
45 to 54	10.7%	24.3%
55 to 64	10.7%	7.5%
65 to 74	14.1%	9.3%
75 and over	18.3%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	La Crosse	Rush Center
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	97.3%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	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	9.7%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	La Crosse	Rush Center
No high school diploma	13.7%	4.9%
High school graduate	30.6%	18.4%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	66.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	5.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	La Crosse	Rush Center
Drove alone	80.5%	82.4%
Carpooled	9.7%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.2%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	La Crosse	Rush Center
1-unit, detached	93.3%	95.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	La Crosse	Rush Center
Poverty rate	5.8%	9.7%
Average household size	1.89	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	15	28
Median year structure built	1953	1958