Minnesota · Census place 2756266

Rush City, Minnesota

Rush City is a city in Chisago County, Minnesota with an estimated 3,353 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 203rd largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,353
#203 of 357 in Minnesota
Change since 2020
+3.9%
+125 people
Land area
4.3 sq mi
+ 0.07 sq mi water
Density
789 / sq mi
State median 1,692
Orange pin: Rush City. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Saint Paul.

Rush City population, 2020 to 2024

Rush City added 125 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.9%. In the latest year it moved by +6.

3,22820203,25820213,26520223,34720233,3532024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,225. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Rush City covers 4.25 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 789 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Rush City is less dense than the typical town.

What county Rush City is in

All of Rush City's residents live in Chisago County, which had 59,105 residents in 2024. Rush City holds 5.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Rush City

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Rush City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55069. 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 Rush City is

The Census internal point of Rush City is at 45.687400, -92.965300. Saint Paul, the capital, is 51.0 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Pine City, MN (3,865 people), 10.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Paul, MN, 51.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
45.687400, -92.965300
DMS
45°41'14.64"N 92°57'55.08"W
UTM
15N 502702.0E 5059317.0N
Geohash
cbjgut0sr
Plus code
86Q9M2PM+XV

Daylight in Rush City

At 45.69° N, Rush City gets about 15 h 43 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 41 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 02 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Rush City

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Rock Creek, 6.1 miles away, with 1,778 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Rush City, MN?

3,353 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 125 (3.9%) from 3,228 in July 2020.

What county is Rush City in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Rush City?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 55069.

How far is Rush City from Saint Paul?

51.0 miles (82.1 km) in a straight line, heading S from Rush City.

What is the nearest larger city to Rush City?

Pine City, MN, with 3,865 residents, 10.6 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.