Martinsburg vs Rush Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Martinsburg and Rush Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

Martinsburg and Rush Hill are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Martinsburg has the higher population (582 vs 106 in Rush Hill). Rush Hill has the higher median household income ($47,500 vs $31,735 in Martinsburg). Since 2019, Martinsburg's population has grown faster (+103.5% vs -42.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Martinsburg	Rush Hill
Population	582	106
Median age	39.6 yrs	49.5 yrs
Median household income	$31,735	$47,500
Median home value	—	$36,900
Median gross rent	$432	—
Housing units	238	49
Homeownership rate	85.5%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	2.9%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Martinsburg	Rush Hill
Population	286 → 582 (+103.5%)	184 → 106 (-42.4%)
Median household income	$40,556 → $31,735 (-21.8%)	$42,500 → $47,500 (+11.8%)
Median home value	—	$40,000 → $36,900 (-7.8%)
Median gross rent	$435 → $432 (-0.7%)	—

Martinsburg

Population

286582

Median household income

$40,556$31,735

Median gross rent

$435$432

Rush Hill

Population

184106

Median household income

$42,500$47,500

Median home value

$40,000$36,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Martinsburg	Rush Hill
Under 5	1.5%	4.7%
5 to 17	28.2%	12.3%
18 to 24	4.5%	17.9%
25 to 34	3.6%	6.6%
35 to 44	19.8%	8.5%
45 to 54	11.0%	1.9%
55 to 64	8.2%	25.5%
65 to 74	19.2%	22.6%
75 and over	4.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Martinsburg	Rush Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	89.6%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	10.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Martinsburg	Rush Hill
No high school diploma	3.1%	24.6%
High school graduate	42.0%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	47.0%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	2.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Martinsburg	Rush Hill
Drove alone	88.7%	94.4%
Carpooled	2.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	3.7%
Other means	0.8%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Martinsburg	Rush Hill
1-unit, detached	43.3%	61.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	45.4%	38.8%

Poverty & households

	Martinsburg	Rush Hill
Poverty rate	16.3%	8.5%
Average household size	2.72	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	14	31
Median year structure built	1982	1975