New Summerfield vs Rusk

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

New Summerfield 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 726 in New Summerfield). New Summerfield has the higher median household income ($66,818 vs $60,119 in Rusk). Rusk has the higher median home value ($153,500 vs $81,400 in New Summerfield).

Population, income & housing

	New Summerfield	Rusk
Population	726	5,332
Median age	28.8 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$66,818	$60,119
Median home value	$81,400	$153,500
Median gross rent	$940	$876
Housing units	276	1,153
Homeownership rate	71.2%	61.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	8.6%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	12.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Summerfield	Rusk
Population	779 → 726 (-6.8%)	5,559 → 5,332 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$53,125 → $66,818 (+25.8%)	$53,109 → $60,119 (+13.2%)
Median home value	$75,500 → $81,400 (+7.8%)	$84,300 → $153,500 (+82.1%)
Median gross rent	$458 → $940 (+105.2%)	$921 → $876 (-4.9%)

New Summerfield

Population

779726

Median household income

$53,125$66,818

Median home value

$75,500$81,400

Median gross rent

$458$940

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)

	New Summerfield	Rusk
Under 5	10.2%	6.4%
5 to 17	13.5%	8.5%
18 to 24	13.8%	6.2%
25 to 34	16.8%	21.7%
35 to 44	9.5%	17.7%
45 to 54	12.1%	15.4%
55 to 64	10.7%	13.0%
65 to 74	7.3%	8.0%
75 and over	6.1%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Summerfield	Rusk
White (non-Hispanic)	23.4%	45.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	29.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	0.7%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	74.7%	19.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Summerfield	Rusk
No high school diploma	35.7%	31.2%
High school graduate	28.6%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	20.9%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Summerfield	Rusk
Drove alone	82.9%	59.9%
Carpooled	6.1%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	25.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Summerfield	Rusk
1-unit, detached	63.4%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	36.6%	11.9%

Poverty & households

	New Summerfield	Rusk
Poverty rate	10.1%	11.5%
Average household size	3.67	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1983	1983