Rush County vs Tipton County

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

Rush County and Tipton 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 15,329 in Tipton County). Tipton County has the higher median household income ($78,309 vs $64,393 in Rush County). Tipton County has the higher median home value ($166,000 vs $155,900 in Rush County).

Population, income & housing

	Rush County	Tipton County
Population	16,734	15,329
Median age	42.7 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$64,393	$78,309
Median home value	$155,900	$166,000
Median gross rent	$831	$854
Housing units	7,364	6,836
Homeownership rate	73.4%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	24.9%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rush County	Tipton County
Population	16,641 → 16,734 (+0.6%)	15,162 → 15,329 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$54,346 → $64,393 (+18.5%)	$58,118 → $78,309 (+34.7%)
Median home value	$112,600 → $155,900 (+38.5%)	$116,000 → $166,000 (+43.1%)
Median gross rent	$709 → $831 (+17.2%)	$798 → $854 (+7.0%)

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

Tipton County

Population

15,16215,329

Median household income

$58,118$78,309

Median home value

$116,000$166,000

Median gross rent

$798$854

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rush County	Tipton County
Under 5	5.6%	5.8%
5 to 17	16.9%	14.8%
18 to 24	7.1%	7.4%
25 to 34	11.5%	11.8%
35 to 44	12.0%	10.9%
45 to 54	12.5%	13.1%
55 to 64	15.4%	14.5%
65 to 74	10.8%	12.5%
75 and over	8.1%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rush County	Tipton County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rush County	Tipton County
No high school diploma	9.2%	8.3%
High school graduate	44.8%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rush County	Tipton County
Drove alone	82.2%	80.3%
Carpooled	10.5%	8.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.6%
Walked	1.3%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.3%
Worked from home	5.6%	7.1%
Other means	0.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rush County	Tipton County
1-unit, detached	81.1%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	3.4%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Rush County	Tipton County
Poverty rate	13.0%	11.5%
Average household size	2.49	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1954	1963