Indiana · Census place 1866438

Rushville, Indiana

Rushville is a city in Rush County, Indiana with an estimated 6,208 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 109th largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,208
#109 of 299 in Indiana
Change since 2020
+0.2%
+15 people
Land area
3.4 sq mi
Density
1,810 / sq mi
State median 1,645
Orange pin: Rushville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Indianapolis.

Rushville population, 2020 to 2024

Rushville added 15 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.2%. In the latest year it moved by +34. Among 126 Indiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 78th; the median place changed by +1.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Indiana has 14,565 people, so Rushville is 43% of it.

6,19320206,15320216,12820226,17420236,2082024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,182. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Rushville covers 3.43 square miles of land, for 1,810 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Rushville is denser than the typical town.

What county Rushville is in

All of Rushville's residents live in Rush County, which had 16,759 residents in 2024. Rushville holds 37.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Rushville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Rushville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 46173. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Rushville is

The Census internal point of Rushville is at 39.618600, -85.445900. Indianapolis, the capital, is 39.3 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Connersville, IN (13,282 people), 16.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fishers, IN, 36.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.618600, -85.445900
DMS
39°37'6.96"N 85°26'45.24"W
UTM
16N 633395.7E 4386580.7N
Geohash
dp51rsk5n
Plus code
86FPJH93+CJ

Daylight in Rushville

At 39.62° N, Rushville gets about 14 h 59 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 22 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 37 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Rushville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Knightstown, 13.0 miles away, with 2,158 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Rushville, IN?

6,208 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 15 (0.2%) from 6,193 in July 2020.

What county is Rushville in?

Rush County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Rushville?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 46173.

How far is Rushville from Indianapolis?

39.3 miles (63.2 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Rushville.

What is the nearest larger city to Rushville?

Connersville, IN, with 13,282 residents, 16.4 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.