Parke County vs Rush County

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

Parke 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 16,346 in Parke County). Parke County has the higher median household income ($66,776 vs $64,393 in Rush County). Rush County has the higher median home value ($155,900 vs $139,300 in Parke County).

Population, income & housing

	Parke County	Rush County
Population	16,346	16,734
Median age	42.5 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$66,776	$64,393
Median home value	$139,300	$155,900
Median gross rent	$731	$831
Housing units	7,625	7,364
Homeownership rate	81.6%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Parke County	Rush County
Population	16,946 → 16,346 (-3.5%)	16,641 → 16,734 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$52,618 → $66,776 (+26.9%)	$54,346 → $64,393 (+18.5%)
Median home value	$88,900 → $139,300 (+56.7%)	$112,600 → $155,900 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$619 → $731 (+18.1%)	$709 → $831 (+17.2%)

Parke County

Population

16,94616,346

Median household income

$52,618$66,776

Median home value

$88,900$139,300

Median gross rent

$619$731

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)

	Parke County	Rush County
Under 5	5.8%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.4%	16.9%
18 to 24	7.2%	7.1%
25 to 34	12.5%	11.5%
35 to 44	11.0%	12.0%
45 to 54	12.1%	12.5%
55 to 64	14.7%	15.4%
65 to 74	12.2%	10.8%
75 and over	8.0%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Parke County	Rush County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	94.7%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Parke County	Rush County
No high school diploma	15.9%	9.2%
High school graduate	39.7%	44.8%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Parke County	Rush County
Drove alone	71.0%	82.2%
Carpooled	12.3%	10.5%
Public transit	0.3%	0.3%
Walked	2.9%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	5.6%
Other means	0.9%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Parke County	Rush County
1-unit, detached	78.3%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	6.2%
20 or more units	1.7%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	14.1%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Parke County	Rush County
Poverty rate	17.2%	13.0%
Average household size	2.55	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1973	1954