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Rusk city, Texas: commercial real estate data.
Rusk city is a Census city of 5,477 people across 7.23 square miles of land, in Cherokee County. Median household income is $53,438, 63.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 8 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $5.8 m.
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Rusk
What Rusk is
- Census place typecity
- Land area7.23 sq mi
- Water area0.03 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land757
- County holding the largest share of its areaCherokee County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Rusk
How many people live in Rusk
- Population5,477
- Median age39.0
- Population under 18791 plus or minus 235
- Share under 1814.4 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Population 65 and over676 plus or minus 164
- Share 65 and over12.3 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Households1,039
- Family households745
- Share of households that are families71.7 percent plus or minus 17.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Rusk
Income and work in Rusk
- Median household income$53,438 plus or minus $15,831
- Per capita income$15,658 plus or minus $3,149
- Civilian labor force1,183
- Employed1,048
- Unemployed135 plus or minus 127
- Unemployment rate11.4 percent plus or minus 10.6
- Adults 25 and over4,359
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher71.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher10.7 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree2.3 percent plus or minus 1.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Rusk
Housing in Rusk
- Housing units1,232
- Occupied units1,039
- Vacant units193 plus or minus 102
- Vacancy rate15.7 percent plus or minus 7.8
- Owner occupied664 plus or minus 211
- Renter occupied375 plus or minus 164
- Ownership rate63.9 percent plus or minus 16.6
- Median owner-occupied home value$157,400 plus or minus $51,803
- Median gross rent, monthly$643 plus or minus $545
- Annual rent as a share of median income14.4 percent plus or minus 13.0
- Single family units916 plus or minus 256
- Share single family74.4 percent plus or minus 16.1
- Units in buildings of two or more98 plus or minus 71
- Share in buildings of two or more8.0 percent plus or minus 5.6
- Mobile homes214 plus or minus 116
- Median year structure built1982
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Rusk
How Rusk gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute816 plus or minus 249
- Commuting under 15 minutes344 plus or minus 143
- Share commuting under 15 minutes42.2 percent plus or minus 11.8
- Commuting 30 minutes or more272 plus or minus 127
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more33.3 percent plus or minus 11.8
- Drove alone64.5 percent plus or minus 20.6
- Carpooled13.0 percent plus or minus 7.2
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.9 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Worked from home21.7 percent plus or minus 12.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Rusk
SBA loans in Rusk (7(a))
- Approvals8
- Gross approval$5,828,700
- Average approval$728,588
- Median approval$475,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,993,700
- Largest approval$1,993,700
- Jobs supported80
- Jobs per approval10.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more50.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders6
- Distinct industries by NAICS5
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Rusk
SBA loans in Rusk (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$1,176,000
- Average approval$1,176,000
- Median approval$1,176,000
- Largest approval$1,176,000
- Jobs supported12
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Rusk
Flood risk in Rusk
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number480124
- Currently effective map date01/06/11(M)
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Cherokee County, not Rusk
Cherokee County context, not Rusk figures
These are Cherokee County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Rusk measurements.
- Establishments in Cherokee County840
- Employment at those establishments, Cherokee County11,002
- Covered employment, Cherokee County14,922
- Average annual pay, Cherokee County$51,098
- Average weekly wage, Cherokee County$983
- Housing units permitted, Cherokee County21
- Of those, single family, Cherokee County21
- County product, 2024, Cherokee County$2,079,935,000
- County product change over the prior year, Cherokee County6.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Cherokee County$66,814
Every figure in this section is published for Cherokee County as a whole and is not a measurement of Rusk. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Rusk questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Rusk, Texas?
5,477, in 1,039 households. Rusk city covers 7.23 square miles of land, which is 757 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Rusk in?
Cherokee County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Rusk?
$53,438. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $157,400. Median gross rent is $643 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Rusk businesses?
8 7(a) approvals totalling $5.8 m, across 6 lenders, median approval $475,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $1.2 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Rusk, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Rusk borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Rusk. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Rusk in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Rusk appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 480124, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Rusk figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Cherokee County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Rusk.
Is zoning published for Rusk?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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