Rushville vs St. Joseph

A side-by-side comparison of Rushville and St. Joseph: population, income, housing, and more.

Rushville and St. Joseph are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

St. Joseph has the higher population (71,542 vs 254 in Rushville). Rushville has the higher median household income ($58,750 vs $55,578 in St. Joseph). St. Joseph has the higher median home value ($144,200 vs $39,200 in Rushville).

Population, income & housing

	Rushville	St. Joseph
Population	254	71,542
Median age	44.6 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	$55,578
Median home value	$39,200	$144,200
Median gross rent	$630	$884
Housing units	121	33,143
Homeownership rate	58.7%	61.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rushville	St. Joseph
Population	283 → 254 (-10.2%)	75,913 → 71,542 (-5.8%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $58,750 (+14.6%)	$48,197 → $55,578 (+15.3%)
Median home value	$59,000 → $39,200 (-33.6%)	$114,100 → $144,200 (+26.4%)
Median gross rent	$546 → $630 (+15.4%)	$782 → $884 (+13.0%)

Rushville

Population

283254

Median household income

$51,250$58,750

Median home value

$59,000$39,200

Median gross rent

$546$630

St. Joseph

Population

75,91371,542

Median household income

$48,197$55,578

Median home value

$114,100$144,200

Median gross rent

$782$884

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rushville	St. Joseph
Under 5	3.1%	6.0%
5 to 17	22.4%	16.2%
18 to 24	4.3%	10.1%
25 to 34	9.8%	13.8%
35 to 44	11.8%	13.1%
45 to 54	13.8%	11.2%
55 to 64	20.9%	13.1%
65 to 74	12.2%	9.8%
75 and over	1.6%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rushville	St. Joseph
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	78.6%
Black or African American	0.4%	6.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	1.6%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	8.3%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rushville	St. Joseph
No high school diploma	8.4%	10.9%
High school graduate	45.5%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rushville	St. Joseph
Drove alone	81.7%	79.1%
Carpooled	7.8%	11.4%
Public transit	4.3%	0.3%
Walked	0.9%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	6.9%
Other means	3.5%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rushville	St. Joseph
1-unit, detached	69.4%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	24.0%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Rushville	St. Joseph
Poverty rate	21.3%	18.7%
Average household size	2.33	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	26	17
Median year structure built	1951	1962