Rush Center vs Timken

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

Rush Center and Timken 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 47 in Timken). Rush Center has the higher median household income ($76,250 vs $39,375 in Timken). Rush Center has the higher median home value ($81,000 vs $54,300 in Timken).

Population, income & housing

	Rush Center	Timken
Population	226	47
Median age	45.5 yrs	55.4 yrs
Median household income	$76,250	$39,375
Median home value	$81,000	$54,300
Housing units	124	26
Homeownership rate	74.3%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	23.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rush Center	Timken
Population	227 → 226 (-0.4%)	79 → 47 (-40.5%)
Median household income	$53,125 → $76,250 (+43.5%)	$27,500 → $39,375 (+43.2%)
Median home value	$51,900 → $81,000 (+56.1%)	$41,400 → $54,300 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	$631 → $538 (-14.7%)	—

Rush Center

Population

227226

Median household income

$53,125$76,250

Median home value

$51,900$81,000

Median gross rent

$631$538

Timken

Population

7947

Median household income

$27,500$39,375

Median home value

$41,400$54,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rush Center	Timken
Under 5	7.1%	2.1%
5 to 17	14.2%	2.1%
18 to 24	6.6%	8.5%
25 to 34	8.4%	2.1%
35 to 44	13.3%	2.1%
45 to 54	24.3%	27.7%
55 to 64	7.5%	25.5%
65 to 74	9.3%	23.4%
75 and over	9.3%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rush Center	Timken
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	80.9%
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	1.8%	17.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rush Center	Timken
No high school diploma	4.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	18.4%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	66.3%	48.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.5%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rush Center	Timken
Drove alone	82.4%	92.3%
Carpooled	11.8%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rush Center	Timken
1-unit, detached	95.2%	100.0%
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	4.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Rush Center	Timken
Poverty rate	9.7%	6.4%
Average household size	2.24	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1958	1954