County profile
Rush County, IN
United States · GDP 2024
#2063 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 84% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$764.1M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-3.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,819
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
386
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
16,767
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.4%
Median HH income
$66.5k±$5.8k
Bachelor's degree+
18.6%±2.6%
Poverty rate
11.9%±2.5%
Business applications
124 · 2025
Retail establishments
54
32.2/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Wholesale trade21%
Manufacturing20%
Health care20%
Retail trade16%
Transportation12%
Food & accommodation10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
16,767
residents · 2025 · +0.0% since 2020
Income per capita $60.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+95
International migration+38
Natural change−132
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$631.5M2019
$586.8M2020
$712.5M2021
$756.9M2022
$791.0M2023
$764.1M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$166.8k±$8.6k
Median gross rent
$873/mo±$62/mo
Vacancy rate
8.7%±2.4%
Affordability
3.4× wages
Residential permits
$12.1M
30 units · 1.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
15.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$956/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Tornado 55Earthquake 53Drought 49
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1802016
1962017
1962018
2062019
2192020
2482021
2762022
3052023
3162024
3462025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 30% since 2021232021
292022
672023
192024
302025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
23.1 km
I-74
Nearest freight rail
0.7 km
CSXT
Nearest port
79.2 km
Consolidated Grain & Barge Upper Wharf, Aurora Terminal
Nearest commercial airport
54.4 km
COLUMBUS MUNI
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$48.9k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Rush?
Rush's economy produced $764.1M in 2024, contracting 3.4% year over year — slower than 88% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is wholesale trade.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.