Perry County vs Rush County

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

Perry 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.

Perry County has the higher population (19,218 vs 16,734 in Rush County). Rush County has the higher median household income ($64,393 vs $61,099 in Perry County). Rush County has the higher median home value ($155,900 vs $146,000 in Perry County).

Population, income & housing

	Perry County	Rush County
Population	19,218	16,734
Median age	41.1 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$61,099	$64,393
Median home value	$146,000	$155,900
Median gross rent	$676	$831
Housing units	8,544	7,364
Homeownership rate	74.9%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Perry County	Rush County
Population	19,102 → 19,218 (+0.6%)	16,641 → 16,734 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$52,348 → $61,099 (+16.7%)	$54,346 → $64,393 (+18.5%)
Median home value	$111,500 → $146,000 (+30.9%)	$112,600 → $155,900 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$571 → $676 (+18.4%)	$709 → $831 (+17.2%)

Perry County

Population

19,10219,218

Median household income

$52,348$61,099

Median home value

$111,500$146,000

Median gross rent

$571$676

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)

	Perry County	Rush County
Under 5	5.5%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.4%	16.9%
18 to 24	7.4%	7.1%
25 to 34	13.1%	11.5%
35 to 44	13.3%	12.0%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.5%
55 to 64	14.2%	15.4%
65 to 74	11.6%	10.8%
75 and over	7.4%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Perry County	Rush County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	94.7%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Perry County	Rush County
No high school diploma	8.8%	9.2%
High school graduate	46.3%	44.8%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Perry County	Rush County
Drove alone	84.6%	82.2%
Carpooled	7.3%	10.5%
Public transit	0.2%	0.3%
Walked	0.9%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	5.6%
Other means	1.3%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Perry County	Rush County
1-unit, detached	75.4%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	6.2%
20 or more units	4.4%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	12.6%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Perry County	Rush County
Poverty rate	12.8%	13.0%
Average household size	2.30	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1973	1954