Rushmore vs Worthington

A side-by-side comparison of Rushmore and Worthington: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Worthington has the higher population (13,792 vs 351 in Rushmore). Worthington has the higher median household income ($61,840 vs $39,205 in Rushmore). Worthington has the higher median home value ($184,200 vs $107,200 in Rushmore).

Population, income & housing

	Rushmore	Worthington
Population	351	13,792
Median age	32.9 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$39,205	$61,840
Median home value	$107,200	$184,200
Median gross rent	$750	$892
Housing units	170	4,889
Homeownership rate	81.1%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.8%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rushmore	Worthington
Population	354 → 351 (-0.8%)	13,105 → 13,792 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$60,556 → $39,205 (-35.3%)	$48,854 → $61,840 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$77,200 → $107,200 (+38.9%)	$132,500 → $184,200 (+39.0%)
Median gross rent	$756 → $750 (-0.8%)	$737 → $892 (+21.0%)

Rushmore

Population

354351

Median household income

$60,556$39,205

Median home value

$77,200$107,200

Median gross rent

$756$750

Worthington

Population

13,10513,792

Median household income

$48,854$61,840

Median home value

$132,500$184,200

Median gross rent

$737$892

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rushmore	Worthington
Under 5	7.4%	9.1%
5 to 17	22.2%	21.1%
18 to 24	6.0%	9.9%
25 to 34	16.2%	11.6%
35 to 44	9.1%	12.5%
45 to 54	6.6%	10.5%
55 to 64	13.4%	9.2%
65 to 74	8.3%	8.4%
75 and over	10.8%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rushmore	Worthington
White (non-Hispanic)	68.4%	36.8%
Black or African American	0.3%	7.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	6.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.8%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	26.5%	43.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rushmore	Worthington
No high school diploma	23.5%	31.0%
High school graduate	32.7%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rushmore	Worthington
Drove alone	85.6%	72.0%
Carpooled	5.0%	15.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.8%
Walked	2.5%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	6.9%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rushmore	Worthington
1-unit, detached	89.4%	67.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	8.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.7%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Rushmore	Worthington
Poverty rate	18.8%	15.6%
Average household size	2.21	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	24	18
Median year structure built	1947	1973