Fountain County vs Rush County

A side-by-side comparison of Fountain County and Rush County: population, income, housing, and more.

Fountain County and Rush County are counties in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rush County has the higher population (16,734 vs 16,546 in Fountain County). Rush County has the higher median household income ($64,393 vs $62,526 in Fountain County). Rush County has the higher median home value ($155,900 vs $133,200 in Fountain County).

Population, income & housing

	Fountain County	Rush County
Population	16,546	16,734
Median age	42.8 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$62,526	$64,393
Median home value	$133,200	$155,900
Median gross rent	$837	$831
Housing units	7,823	7,364
Homeownership rate	74.7%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fountain County	Rush County
Population	16,430 → 16,546 (+0.7%)	16,641 → 16,734 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$52,874 → $62,526 (+18.3%)	$54,346 → $64,393 (+18.5%)
Median home value	$103,000 → $133,200 (+29.3%)	$112,600 → $155,900 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$674 → $837 (+24.2%)	$709 → $831 (+17.2%)

Fountain County

Population

16,43016,546

Median household income

$52,874$62,526

Median home value

$103,000$133,200

Median gross rent

$674$837

Rush County

Population

16,64116,734

Median household income

$54,346$64,393

Median home value

$112,600$155,900

Median gross rent

$709$831

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fountain County	Rush County
Under 5	6.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.7%	16.9%
18 to 24	7.5%	7.1%
25 to 34	12.2%	11.5%
35 to 44	11.3%	12.0%
45 to 54	12.8%	12.5%
55 to 64	14.4%	15.4%
65 to 74	11.2%	10.8%
75 and over	8.4%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fountain County	Rush County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	94.7%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.6%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fountain County	Rush County
No high school diploma	10.3%	9.2%
High school graduate	44.0%	44.8%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fountain County	Rush County
Drove alone	80.2%	82.2%
Carpooled	10.1%	10.5%
Public transit	0.4%	0.3%
Walked	3.2%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	5.6%
Other means	0.6%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fountain County	Rush County
1-unit, detached	78.6%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	6.2%
20 or more units	0.6%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Fountain County	Rush County
Poverty rate	12.4%	13.0%
Average household size	2.40	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1964	1954