Fountain vs Rushford Village

A side-by-side comparison of Fountain and Rushford Village: population, income, housing, and more.

Fountain and Rushford Village are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rushford Village has the higher population (726 vs 490 in Fountain). Rushford Village has the higher median household income ($92,500 vs $72,750 in Fountain). Rushford Village has the higher median home value ($286,800 vs $177,100 in Fountain).

Population, income & housing

	Fountain	Rushford Village
Population	490	726
Median age	40.5 yrs	51.5 yrs
Median household income	$72,750	$92,500
Median home value	$177,100	$286,800
Median gross rent	$575	—
Housing units	214	326
Homeownership rate	86.5%	95.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	35.2%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fountain	Rushford Village
Population	345 → 490 (+42.0%)	843 → 726 (-13.9%)
Median household income	$69,750 → $72,750 (+4.3%)	$82,813 → $92,500 (+11.7%)
Median home value	$129,900 → $177,100 (+36.3%)	$209,300 → $286,800 (+37.0%)
Median gross rent	$620 → $575 (-7.3%)	$677 → $1,271 (+87.7%)

Fountain

Population

345490

Median household income

$69,750$72,750

Median home value

$129,900$177,100

Median gross rent

$620$575

Rushford Village

Population

843726

Median household income

$82,813$92,500

Median home value

$209,300$286,800

Median gross rent

$677$1,271

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fountain	Rushford Village
Under 5	3.1%	3.0%
5 to 17	17.6%	17.1%
18 to 24	9.6%	2.9%
25 to 34	8.2%	3.9%
35 to 44	21.4%	14.7%
45 to 54	7.1%	13.1%
55 to 64	18.4%	15.8%
65 to 74	9.0%	17.2%
75 and over	5.7%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fountain	Rushford Village
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	98.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fountain	Rushford Village
No high school diploma	5.3%	3.4%
High school graduate	31.0%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	49.1%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	27.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fountain	Rushford Village
Drove alone	72.8%	81.4%
Carpooled	16.1%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	10.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fountain	Rushford Village
1-unit, detached	82.7%	95.1%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Fountain	Rushford Village
Poverty rate	5.9%	5.4%
Average household size	2.37	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1945	1986