The population of Rush county is estimated at 16,633. In 2017 there were 181 births and 185 deaths in Rush county. Rush county has 3,262 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 1,688 that are owned free and clear and 1,817 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Rush County filed 8,010 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.3% of all Indiana filings and 0.005% of the entire nation. Rush had a combined total federal tax liability of $49,106,000 on earned income of $375,685,000. Other notable statistics from Rush County were 140 unemployment claims which collected a total of $442,000 and 960 charitable contributions valued at $4,051,000. 1,110 filings from Rush County paid a combined total of $1,428,000 in property taxes and 920 filings paid $4,764,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Rush county had 47 religious congregations with an estimated 8,468 members.
14.8% of the Rush population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 15.2% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 43% of Rush County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 188 votes.
At $51,113 the median income is 94.4% of the Indiana average. An estimated 272 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Rush, the equivalant of around 3.1% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 3.8%.

Top 15 Industries in Rush County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
616	Manufacturing
555	Health care and social assistance
516	Wholesale trade
420	Retail trade
386	Machinery manufacturing
344	Transportation and warehousing
328	Accommodation and food services
310	Restaurants and other eating places
300	Truck transportation
244	General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload
244	General freight trucking, long-distance
209	Limited-service restaurants
136	Professional, scientific, and technical services
110	Food and beverage stores
107	Finance and insurance

In 2018 the average price reduction was 1.22% in Rush County.

In 2018 9.76% of listings in Rush County.

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