Rusk is a somewhat small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 5,433 people and two associated neighborhoods, Rusk is the 366th largest community in Texas.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 21.58% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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 citizens of Rusk have a very low rate of college education: just 8.36% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.

The per capita income in Rusk in 2022 was $16,713, which is low income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $66,852 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 15.12% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Rusk include English, German, Irish, African, and Swedish.

The most common language spoken in Rusk is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Other Asian languages.