Minnesota · Census place 2756284

Rushford, Minnesota

Rushford is a city in Fillmore County, Minnesota with an estimated 1,852 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 277th largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,852
#277 of 357 in Minnesota
Change since 2020
-0.6%
-11 people
Land area
1.7 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
1,122 / sq mi
State median 1,692
Orange pin: Rushford. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Saint Paul.

Rushford population, 2020 to 2024

Rushford lost 11 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.6%. In the latest year it moved by -8.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,865. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Rushford covers 1.65 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 1,122 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Rushford is less dense than the typical town.

What county Rushford is in

All of Rushford's residents live in Fillmore County, which had 21,502 residents in 2024. Rushford holds 8.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Rushford

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Rushford by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55971. 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 Rushford is

The Census internal point of Rushford is at 43.813400, -91.753800. Saint Paul, the capital, is 103.2 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Winona, MN (26,173 people), 17.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Rochester, MN, 38.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
43.813400, -91.753800
DMS
43°48'48.24"N 91°45'13.68"W
UTM
15N 600225.9E 4851902.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
86MCR67W+9F

Daylight in Rushford

At 43.81° N, Rushford gets about 15 h 28 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 55 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 33 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Rushford

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Lewiston, 13.0 miles away, with 1,512 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Rushford, MN?

1,852 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 11 (0.6%) from 1,863 in July 2020.

What county is Rushford in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Rushford?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 55971.

How far is Rushford from Saint Paul?

103.2 miles (166.1 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Rushford.

What is the nearest larger city to Rushford?

Winona, MN, with 26,173 residents, 17.0 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.