Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,166.
Rush Township’s best subject grade is an A for schools; its weakest is a C− for hazard risk. On the outdoors, just 27 of Pennsylvania’s 1,751 towns do worse. Rush Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Rush Township is from typical.
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The archive holds 4 old photos and papers going back to 1850 and 5 maps from 1892 on.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Rush Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Rush Township.
Only 3% of working residents stay in Rush Township for work; the rest commute out. Employers in Rush Township added 69 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 170. Its average trip to work is 22 minutes, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 26 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Half the trips to work are shorter than 10 miles.
| Rush Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.6% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 6% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $92,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The share of adults in Rush Township who report frequent physical distress: 13%. CDC measures, 26 in all: Rush Township beats Pennsylvania on 3 and trails on 1. In Rush Township, 15% of adults report frequent mental distress, below both the Pennsylvania town median (16%) and the median of U.S. towns (17%).
| Rush Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 14% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 38% | 36% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 19% | 19% |
| What stands out | Rush Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults in fair or poor health | 16.7% | 18.7% |
| Fewer adults in frequent mental distress | 14.8% | 16.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.1% | 8.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In Rush Township, the FEMA risk score is 71 of 100. This Pennsylvania town has had 30 paid flood insurance claims since 1978. Also worth knowing: 85% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The typical July afternoon high is 83°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Children under 18 are 27% of residents (21% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 17% of residents (22% statewide). 1,166 people lived in Rush Township by the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate, 2.4% fewer than in 2020. Its median age stands at 39 years. Among adults 25 and older, 29% have a four-year degree or more, against 35% across Pennsylvania.
| Rush Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 27% | 20% | 22% |
| Median age | 39 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
Somewhere between 31% and 59% women
The Census survey reached too few of Rush Township’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±14.4 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Rush Township | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 15% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.5% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.6% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8.8% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 16.2% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 9.4% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 10.7% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.6% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.1% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 9.3% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 41.1% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 11.6% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.7% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22.2% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 7.2% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,200, single groups can be off by several points
7.2 miles of trail. Rush Township’s trail density comes in at 0.3 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Rush Township. Close and well known come first.
35 mi State parkRicketts Glen State Park
38 mi Park & preserveRoadside America
9 mi MuseumFort Augusta
38 mi Park & preserveHawk Mountain Sanctuary
39 mi State parkWorlds End State ParkRicketts Glen State Park: en:User:Msitler, Public domain · Roadside America: Mark Fleisher, President and CEO of Aim Advertising in Lewisburg, PA,, Public domain · Fort Augusta: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Hawk Mountain Sanctuary: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Worlds End State Park: Nicholas, CC BY 2.0
2 within 15 miles of the center of Rush Township
About 3 of every 100 Rush Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Where Rush Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Rush Township is a township that is located in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population at the time of the 2010 Census was 1,122, a decline from the figure of 1,189 that was tabulated in 2000.
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Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
