Jacksonville vs Rusk

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

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

Jacksonville has the higher population (14,186 vs 5,332 in Rusk). Rusk has the higher median household income ($60,119 vs $50,469 in Jacksonville). Rusk has the higher median home value ($153,500 vs $120,800 in Jacksonville).

Population, income & housing

	Jacksonville	Rusk
Population	14,186	5,332
Median age	29.5 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$50,469	$60,119
Median home value	$120,800	$153,500
Median gross rent	$864	$876
Housing units	5,340	1,153
Homeownership rate	60.6%	61.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%	8.6%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	12.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jacksonville	Rusk
Population	14,790 → 14,186 (-4.1%)	5,559 → 5,332 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$43,574 → $50,469 (+15.8%)	$53,109 → $60,119 (+13.2%)
Median home value	$89,000 → $120,800 (+35.7%)	$84,300 → $153,500 (+82.1%)
Median gross rent	$719 → $864 (+20.2%)	$921 → $876 (-4.9%)

Jacksonville

Population

14,79014,186

Median household income

$43,574$50,469

Median home value

$89,000$120,800

Median gross rent

$719$864

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)

	Jacksonville	Rusk
Under 5	9.7%	6.4%
5 to 17	22.8%	8.5%
18 to 24	11.7%	6.2%
25 to 34	12.2%	21.7%
35 to 44	12.4%	17.7%
45 to 54	9.9%	15.4%
55 to 64	7.9%	13.0%
65 to 74	6.9%	8.0%
75 and over	6.4%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jacksonville	Rusk
White (non-Hispanic)	41.7%	45.4%
Black or African American	19.2%	29.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	3.0%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	35.5%	19.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jacksonville	Rusk
No high school diploma	24.5%	31.2%
High school graduate	23.5%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jacksonville	Rusk
Drove alone	76.8%	59.9%
Carpooled	16.1%	12.8%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	25.1%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jacksonville	Rusk
1-unit, detached	70.7%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	2.6%
20 or more units	5.6%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	11.9%

Poverty & households

	Jacksonville	Rusk
Poverty rate	28.9%	11.5%
Average household size	2.90	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1980	1983