Rush City vs Shafer

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

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

Rush City has the higher population (3,262 vs 1,151 in Shafer). Shafer has the higher median household income ($96,042 vs $58,543 in Rush City). Shafer has the higher median home value ($225,700 vs $199,000 in Rush City).

Population, income & housing

	Rush City	Shafer
Population	3,262	1,151
Median age	37.8 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,543	$96,042
Median home value	$199,000	$225,700
Median gross rent	$881	$954
Housing units	1,089	435
Homeownership rate	59.6%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.3%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rush City	Shafer
Population	3,170 → 3,262 (+2.9%)	1,171 → 1,151 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$46,005 → $58,543 (+27.3%)	$74,250 → $96,042 (+29.3%)
Median home value	$152,200 → $199,000 (+30.7%)	$165,900 → $225,700 (+36.0%)
Median gross rent	$827 → $881 (+6.5%)	$1,000 → $954 (-4.6%)

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

Shafer

Population

1,1711,151

Median household income

$74,250$96,042

Median home value

$165,900$225,700

Median gross rent

$1,000$954

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rush City	Shafer
Under 5	3.2%	7.3%
5 to 17	11.2%	20.1%
18 to 24	6.5%	7.0%
25 to 34	23.3%	14.7%
35 to 44	15.3%	19.5%
45 to 54	16.2%	12.7%
55 to 64	14.7%	9.6%
65 to 74	5.4%	7.6%
75 and over	4.1%	1.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rush City	Shafer
White (non-Hispanic)	79.0%	84.9%
Black or African American	13.5%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.1%	0.8%
Asian	1.7%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.5%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rush City	Shafer
No high school diploma	7.1%	4.2%
High school graduate	57.3%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	47.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rush City	Shafer
Drove alone	82.8%	78.9%
Carpooled	4.5%	9.8%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	7.5%
Other means	1.7%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rush City	Shafer
1-unit, detached	56.2%	61.6%
1-unit, attached	11.6%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.8%	8.3%
20 or more units	7.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	28.7%

Poverty & households

	Rush City	Shafer
Poverty rate	11.4%	7.1%
Average household size	2.24	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	28	39
Median year structure built	1986	2002