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Rush township, Centre County, PA

3,645 Population
148.3 square miles 24.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.8 ±6.6 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Centre County: 33.8 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$43,090 ±$10,937 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Centre County: $38,732 ±$1,245
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$71,016 ±$13,500 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Centre County: $72,748 ±$1,937
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

7.2% ±4.1% (252  ±143) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Centre County: 16.9% 23,282 (±0.9% / ±1,181)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

28.7 minutes ±3.8 (37,770  ±8,988) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Centre County: 20.3 1,259,865 (±0.6 / ±45,830)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

1,619 ±163 Number of households
  • Centre County: 59,006 ±678
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.2 ±0.2 (3,524  ±18) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Centre County: 2.3 137,615 (±0 / ±223)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

13.5% ±10.3% (85  ±67) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Centre County: 3.6% † 1,469 (±0.7% / ±264)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

1,856 ±186 Number of housing units
  • Centre County: 66,023 ±147
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$143,800 ±$43,994 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Centre County: $308,100 ±$8,257
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

4.1% ±2.3% (147  ±83.7) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Centre County: 22.6% 35,395 (±1.3% / ±1,978.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

94.1% ±10.7% (2,714  ±338.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Centre County: 94.6% 92,230 (±2.1% / ±2,082.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
23.6% ±5.8% (681  ±170.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Centre County: 46.5% 45,345 (±1.5% / ±1,448.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.3% ±1.4% (46  ±52) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Centre County: 8.4% 13,213
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

6.5% ±2.4% (197  ±75) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Centre County: 5.2% 6,971 (±0.4% / ±575)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
197 Total veterans ±75 197 Male ±75 N/A Female ±11

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