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Rush township, Schuylkill County, PA

3,439 Population
23.2 square miles 148.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.7 ±4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Schuylkill County: 43.9 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,773 ±$5,579 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Schuylkill County: $33,769 ±$678
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$70,947 ±$15,701 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Schuylkill County: $66,901 ±$1,609
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

11.2% ±6.7% (373  ±223) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Schuylkill County: 12.5% 17,055 (±0.9% / ±1,212)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

33.9 minutes ±7.8 (48,590  ±14,036) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Schuylkill County: 27.2 1,620,020 (±0.7 / ±50,737)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

1,445 ±143 Number of households
  • Schuylkill County: 57,465 ±657
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.3 ±0.2 (3,325  ±12) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Schuylkill County: 2.4 136,306 (±0 / ±63)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,548 ±158 Number of housing units
  • Schuylkill County: 67,292 ±70
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$204,700 ±$27,803 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Schuylkill County: $140,400 ±$5,100
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

3.1% ±2.7% (108  ±92.1) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Schuylkill County: 8.8% † 12,499 (±1% / ±1,347.3)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

93.8% ±13.5% (2,300  ±362.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Schuylkill County: 90% 93,777 (±1.7% / ±1,757.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
27.8% ±7.7% (681  ±192.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Schuylkill County: 19.1% 19,924 (±0.9% / ±939.2)
  • about 80 percent 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

1.2% ±1.3% (40  ±46) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Schuylkill County: 2.2% 3,130
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

6.3% ±3.1% (177  ±86) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Schuylkill County: 7.3% 8,413 (±0.5% / ±537)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
177 Total veterans ±86 158 Male ±82 19 Female ±25

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