Rushville vs Thurston

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

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

Thurston has the higher population (615 vs 333 in Rushville). Rushville has the higher median household income ($71,292 vs $47,679 in Thurston). Rushville has the higher median home value ($183,400 vs $144,700 in Thurston).

Population, income & housing

	Rushville	Thurston
Population	333	615
Median age	44.3 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$71,292	$47,679
Median home value	$183,400	$144,700
Median gross rent	$1,000	$1,082
Housing units	140	254
Homeownership rate	88.8%	64.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	9.7%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rushville	Thurston
Population	360 → 333 (-7.5%)	609 → 615 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$53,438 → $71,292 (+33.4%)	$42,143 → $47,679 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$153,600 → $183,400 (+19.4%)	$103,100 → $144,700 (+40.3%)
Median gross rent	$943 → $1,000 (+6.0%)	$890 → $1,082 (+21.6%)

Rushville

Population

360333

Median household income

$53,438$71,292

Median home value

$153,600$183,400

Median gross rent

$943$1,000

Thurston

Population

609615

Median household income

$42,143$47,679

Median home value

$103,100$144,700

Median gross rent

$890$1,082

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rushville	Thurston
Under 5	3.3%	8.1%
5 to 17	22.2%	16.4%
18 to 24	5.4%	8.5%
25 to 34	6.0%	15.9%
35 to 44	13.5%	10.2%
45 to 54	24.9%	19.0%
55 to 64	3.6%	11.2%
65 to 74	9.6%	5.9%
75 and over	11.4%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rushville	Thurston
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	88.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rushville	Thurston
No high school diploma	6.1%	8.5%
High school graduate	54.8%	54.1%
Some college or associate's	19.6%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rushville	Thurston
Drove alone	54.5%	90.7%
Carpooled	12.1%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	3.3%
Other means	17.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rushville	Thurston
1-unit, detached	90.0%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	13.0%

Poverty & households

	Rushville	Thurston
Poverty rate	3.9%	12.7%
Average household size	2.66	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1938	1967