Rusk is a somewhat small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 5,553 people and two associated neighborhoods, Rusk is the 366th largest community in Texas.Rusk is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Rusk is a city of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Rusk who work in office and administrative support (10.88%), community and social services (8.49%), and maintenance occupations (7.73%). A relatively large number of people in Rusk telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 21.69% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Being a small city, Rusk does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The rate of college-level education in Rusk is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 10.71% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree. The per capita income in Rusk in 2022 was $15,658, which is low income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $62,632 for a family of four. However, Rusk contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Rusk is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Rusk home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rusk residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Rusk also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 17.13% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Rusk include English, Irish, German, Italian, and French. The most common language spoken in Rusk is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Other Asian languages.
