Rush township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
Rush township: | 0.2% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
71% of Rush township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 37% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 62% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 509
- Northeast: 11
- Midwest: 45
- South: 31
- West: 14
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $112,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Rush township, Pennsylvania:
- 218 people in nursing homes
- 192 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 15 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 7 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 3 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 458
- One, attached: 9
- Mobile homes: 110
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 10
Median worth of mobile homes: $41,700
Housing units in Rush township with a mortgage: 37 (0 second mortgage, 8 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 80
- Construction (14%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Rush township:
- Polish (33.8%)
- English (13.9%)
- German (12.1%)
- United States or American (5.9%)
- French (except Basque) (5.5%)
- Irish (5.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (50%)
- Canada (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 127 (68%)
- Carpooled: 34 (18%)
- Walked: 8 (4%)
- Worked at home: 17 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (48%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (28%)
- Wood (18%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Rush township, Pennsylvania:
- 218 people in nursing homes
- 192 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 15 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 7 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 3 people in religious group quarters
96.9% of residents of Rush township speak English at home.
0.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
1.3% of residents speak other language at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 628- In family households: 512 (163 male householders, 38 female householders)
164 spouses, 110 children (99 natural, 11 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 8 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 7 other relatives, 14 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 116 (57 male householders (53 living alone)), 53 female householders (50 living alone)), 6 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 132 2-persons, 31 3-persons, 22 4-persons, 13 5-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 103 1-person, 7 2-persons,
601 married couples with children.
82 single-parent households (25 men, 57 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4
Here: | 9.3% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1
Here: | 3.3% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |