Lindstrom vs Rush City

A side-by-side comparison of Lindstrom and Rush City: population, income, housing, and more.

Lindstrom and Rush City are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lindstrom has the higher population (4,933 vs 3,262 in Rush City). Lindstrom has the higher median household income ($99,844 vs $58,543 in Rush City). Lindstrom has the higher median home value ($336,800 vs $199,000 in Rush City).

Population, income & housing

	Lindstrom	Rush City
Population	4,933	3,262
Median age	37.0 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$99,844	$58,543
Median home value	$336,800	$199,000
Median gross rent	$954	$881
Housing units	1,873	1,089
Homeownership rate	86.1%	59.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.7%	8.3%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lindstrom	Rush City
Population	4,614 → 4,933 (+6.9%)	3,170 → 3,262 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$83,750 → $99,844 (+19.2%)	$46,005 → $58,543 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$211,400 → $336,800 (+59.3%)	$152,200 → $199,000 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	$817 → $954 (+16.8%)	$827 → $881 (+6.5%)

Lindstrom

Population

4,6144,933

Median household income

$83,750$99,844

Median home value

$211,400$336,800

Median gross rent

$817$954

Rush City

Population

3,1703,262

Median household income

$46,005$58,543

Median home value

$152,200$199,000

Median gross rent

$827$881

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lindstrom	Rush City
Under 5	7.6%	3.2%
5 to 17	21.8%	11.2%
18 to 24	4.6%	6.5%
25 to 34	14.3%	23.3%
35 to 44	11.3%	15.3%
45 to 54	13.0%	16.2%
55 to 64	13.5%	14.7%
65 to 74	8.6%	5.4%
75 and over	5.4%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lindstrom	Rush City
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	79.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	13.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	2.1%
Asian	0.4%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lindstrom	Rush City
No high school diploma	4.8%	7.1%
High school graduate	22.8%	57.3%
Some college or associate's	47.7%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lindstrom	Rush City
Drove alone	80.7%	82.8%
Carpooled	5.4%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	0.4%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.1%	6.2%
Other means	0.5%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lindstrom	Rush City
1-unit, detached	78.1%	56.2%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	11.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	11.8%
20 or more units	6.9%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	8.4%

Poverty & households

	Lindstrom	Rush City
Poverty rate	6.4%	11.4%
Average household size	2.75	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1993	1986