Rush township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Rush township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
67% of Rush township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 45% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 67% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 933
- Northeast: 284
- Midwest: 19
- South: 24
- West: 13
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $85,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
10 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 469
- Two: 14
- 3 or 4: 8
- 5 to 9: 7
- Mobile homes: 115
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 3
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,900
Housing units in Rush township with a mortgage: 105 (9 second mortgage, 12 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 50
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (16%)
- Construction (12%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (9%)
- Paper (8%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Food (3%)
- Computer and electronic products (3%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Food and beverage stores (9%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Textile mills and textile products (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Extraction workers (4%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (4%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Rush township:
- German (18.0%)
- Irish (16.2%)
- United States or American (13.9%)
- English (12.9%)
- Dutch (7.5%)
- Italian (5.1%)
- Polish (4.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (56%)
- Philippines (22%)
- Other Caribbean (22%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 425 (78%)
- Carpooled: 79 (15%)
- Walked: 12 (2%)
- Worked at home: 28 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (52%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (22%)
- Wood (14%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
10 people in nursing homes
98.1% of residents of Rush township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 20% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,280- In family households: 1,099 (307 male householders, 50 female householders)
287 spouses, 380 children (344 natural, 6 adopted, 30 stepchildren), 7 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 13 other relatives, 39 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 181 (86 male householders (60 living alone)), 58 female householders (56 living alone)), 37 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 7 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 144 2-persons, 92 3-persons, 61 4-persons, 38 5-persons, 12 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 116 1-person, 18 2-persons, 5 3-persons, 5 4-persons,
244 married couples with children.
64 single-parent households (27 men, 37 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
| Here: | 5.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
| Here: | 23.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |