Gallatin vs Rusk

A side-by-side comparison of Gallatin and Rusk: population, income, housing, and more.

Gallatin and Rusk are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rusk has the higher population (5,332 vs 384 in Gallatin). Gallatin has the higher median household income ($75,125 vs $60,119 in Rusk). Rusk has the higher median home value ($153,500 vs $137,500 in Gallatin).

Population, income & housing

	Gallatin	Rusk
Population	384	5,332
Median age	32.2 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$75,125	$60,119
Median home value	$137,500	$153,500
Median gross rent	—	$876
Housing units	153	1,153
Homeownership rate	81.0%	61.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.3%	8.6%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	12.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gallatin	Rusk
Population	370 → 384 (+3.8%)	5,559 → 5,332 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$59,500 → $75,125 (+26.3%)	$53,109 → $60,119 (+13.2%)
Median home value	$83,900 → $137,500 (+63.9%)	$84,300 → $153,500 (+82.1%)
Median gross rent	$550 → $569 (+3.5%)	$921 → $876 (-4.9%)

Gallatin

Population

370384

Median household income

$59,500$75,125

Median home value

$83,900$137,500

Median gross rent

$550$569

Rusk

Population

5,5595,332

Median household income

$53,109$60,119

Median home value

$84,300$153,500

Median gross rent

$921$876

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gallatin	Rusk
Under 5	13.8%	6.4%
5 to 17	11.7%	8.5%
18 to 24	7.6%	6.2%
25 to 34	24.0%	21.7%
35 to 44	6.3%	17.7%
45 to 54	13.5%	15.4%
55 to 64	10.9%	13.0%
65 to 74	5.2%	8.0%
75 and over	7.0%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gallatin	Rusk
White (non-Hispanic)	53.6%	45.4%
Black or African American	5.5%	29.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	12.2%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	28.6%	19.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gallatin	Rusk
No high school diploma	17.5%	31.2%
High school graduate	38.9%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gallatin	Rusk
Drove alone	74.5%	59.9%
Carpooled	8.2%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.3%	25.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gallatin	Rusk
1-unit, detached	71.2%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	26.1%	11.9%

Poverty & households

	Gallatin	Rusk
Poverty rate	3.9%	11.5%
Average household size	2.80	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1970	1983