Rising Sun is a very small city located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 2,228 people and two associated neighborhoods, Rising Sun is the 226th largest community in Indiana. Rising Sun has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities.Rising Sun is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Rising Sun is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Rising Sun who work in office and administrative support (11.50%), management occupations (8.19%), and sales jobs (6.90%). Rising Sun is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The percentage of adults in Rising Sun with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 14.24% of adults in Rising Sun have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Rising Sun in 2022 was $29,038, which is middle income relative to Indiana, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $116,152 for a family of four. However, Rising Sun contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Rising Sun home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rising Sun residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Rising Sun include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Rising Sun is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and French.
