Rushmere is a census-designated place (CDP) in Isle of Wight County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Rushmere had a population of 1,175.
Geography
Rushmere is located in the northern corner of Isle of Wight County at (37.078580, −76.674436). It is located on the James River at Burwell Bay and is bordered to the northwest by Lawnes Creek, an inlet of the James. Surry County borders Rushmere to the northwest across Lawnes Creek, and Newport News is to the east across the James River.
Virginia State Route 10 passes through the community, leading northwest to Surry and south to Smithfield.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Rushmere CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 1.86%, are water.
Demographics
2020 census
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+Rushmere CDP, Virginia – Racial and ethnic composition<br><small></small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(NH = Non-Hispanic)</small>
!Pop 2010
!Pop 2020
!% 2010
!% 2020
|-
|White alone (NH)
|385
|561
|37.82%
|47.74%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|612
|532
|60.12%
|45.28%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|5
|12
|0.49%
|1.02%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|2
|5
|0.20%
|0.43%
|-
|Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|0
|0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|-
|Some Other Race alone (NH)
|4
|4
|0.39%
|0.34%
|-
|Mixed Race or Multi-Racial (NH)
|6
|49
|0.59%
|4.17%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|4
|12
|0.39%
|1.02%
|-
|Total
|1,018
|1,175
|100.00%
|100.00%
|}
2000 census
As of the census