Rush City vs Taylors Falls

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

Rush City and Taylors Falls 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 1,208 in Taylors Falls). Taylors Falls has the higher median household income ($61,548 vs $58,543 in Rush City). Taylors Falls has the higher median home value ($256,000 vs $199,000 in Rush City).

Population, income & housing

	Rush City	Taylors Falls
Population	3,262	1,208
Median age	37.8 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$58,543	$61,548
Median home value	$199,000	$256,000
Median gross rent	$881	$985
Housing units	1,089	563
Homeownership rate	59.6%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.3%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rush City	Taylors Falls
Population	3,170 → 3,262 (+2.9%)	1,090 → 1,208 (+10.8%)
Median household income	$46,005 → $58,543 (+27.3%)	$58,194 → $61,548 (+5.8%)
Median home value	$152,200 → $199,000 (+30.7%)	$181,900 → $256,000 (+40.7%)
Median gross rent	$827 → $881 (+6.5%)	$667 → $985 (+47.7%)

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

Taylors Falls

Population

1,0901,208

Median household income

$58,194$61,548

Median home value

$181,900$256,000

Median gross rent

$667$985

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rush City	Taylors Falls
Under 5	3.2%	3.3%
5 to 17	11.2%	20.4%
18 to 24	6.5%	8.2%
25 to 34	23.3%	7.5%
35 to 44	15.3%	16.2%
45 to 54	16.2%	11.4%
55 to 64	14.7%	12.3%
65 to 74	5.4%	12.1%
75 and over	4.1%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rush City	Taylors Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	79.0%	92.5%
Black or African American	13.5%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.1%	0.7%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rush City	Taylors Falls
No high school diploma	7.1%	2.9%
High school graduate	57.3%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	40.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rush City	Taylors Falls
Drove alone	82.8%	78.8%
Carpooled	4.5%	6.4%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	6.2%	12.0%
Other means	1.7%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rush City	Taylors Falls
1-unit, detached	56.2%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	11.6%	14.2%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	11.8%	7.3%
20 or more units	7.9%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Rush City	Taylors Falls
Poverty rate	11.4%	4.8%
Average household size	2.24	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	28	36
Median year structure built	1986	1977