Rush township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (31% naturalized citizens)
| Rush township: | 1.1% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
77% of Rush township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 24% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 70% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1049
- Northeast: 47
- Midwest: 14
- South: 49
- West: 10
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 412
- One, attached: 9
- Two: 4
- 3 or 4: 3
- 5 to 9: 3
- Mobile homes: 37
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 1
Median worth of mobile homes: $38,000
Housing units in Rush township with a mortgage: 138 (20 second mortgage, 19 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 64
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (21%)
- Health care (10%)
- Construction (7%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Health care (33%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (14%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Rush township:
- German (42.1%)
- United States or American (8.1%)
- Dutch (7.1%)
- English (6.5%)
- Polish (5.3%)
- Irish (5.0%)
- Italian (3.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Eastern Europe (38%)
- Canada (23%)
- United Kingdom (15%)
- Yugoslavia (15%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 438 (78%)
- Carpooled: 44 (8%)
- Walked: 13 (2%)
- Other means: 3 (1%)
- Worked at home: 63 (11%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (49%)
- Electricity (24%)
- Coal or coke (11%)
- Wood (9%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
97.8% of residents of Rush township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (61% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 22% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,186- In family households: 1,059 (287 male householders, 35 female householders)
304 spouses, 400 children (364 natural, 17 adopted, 19 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 7 other relatives, 5 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 127 (62 male householders (51 living alone)), 47 female householders (43 living alone)), 18 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 3 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 146 2-persons, 49 3-persons, 79 4-persons, 24 5-persons, 14 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 94 1-person, 12 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
268 married couples with children.
27 single-parent households (7 men, 20 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 36
| Here: | 25.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
| Here: | 10.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
| Here: | 21.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |