Otis vs Rush Center

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

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

Otis has the higher population (434 vs 226 in Rush Center). Rush Center has the higher median household income ($76,250 vs $61,111 in Otis). Rush Center has the higher median home value ($81,000 vs $63,100 in Otis).

Population, income & housing

	Otis	Rush Center
Population	434	226
Median age	26.9 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$61,111	$76,250
Median home value	$63,100	$81,000
Median gross rent	$964	—
Housing units	148	124
Homeownership rate	91.8%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.2%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Otis	Rush Center
Population	218 → 434 (+99.1%)	227 → 226 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$33,333 → $61,111 (+83.3%)	$53,125 → $76,250 (+43.5%)
Median home value	$35,000 → $63,100 (+80.3%)	$51,900 → $81,000 (+56.1%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $964 (+60.7%)	$631 → $538 (-14.7%)

Otis

Population

218434

Median household income

$33,333$61,111

Median home value

$35,000$63,100

Median gross rent

$600$964

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)

	Otis	Rush Center
Under 5	14.1%	7.1%
5 to 17	25.8%	14.2%
18 to 24	4.8%	6.6%
25 to 34	9.9%	8.4%
35 to 44	15.0%	13.3%
45 to 54	7.1%	24.3%
55 to 64	10.6%	7.5%
65 to 74	9.7%	9.3%
75 and over	3.0%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Otis	Rush Center
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	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	2.5%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Otis	Rush Center
No high school diploma	13.8%	4.9%
High school graduate	41.7%	18.4%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	66.3%
Bachelor's degree	1.7%	5.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Otis	Rush Center
Drove alone	88.8%	82.4%
Carpooled	1.1%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Otis	Rush Center
1-unit, detached	98.0%	95.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	2.0%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Otis	Rush Center
Poverty rate	17.5%	9.7%
Average household size	3.56	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	35	28
Median year structure built	1938	1958