Photo: Adam Moss · CC BY-SA 2.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Rush Township works elsewhere
For jobs and income Rush Township is better than 10% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (C). Employers in Rush Township report 99 jobs; 489 of its residents have a job. Only 3% stay in Rush Township for work; outside it, Mehoopany Township is the main destination (7%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Rush Township in brief
Rush Township is a place people come home to
There are 99 jobs based in Rush Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Rush Township has about 770 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
34% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 489 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Rush Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
Household income holds Rush Township’s grade up ($61,625, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down.
Unemployment (1.7%) is left out: Rush Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Rush Township could be anywhere from D− to C.
Rush Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 475 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 85 people come in from elsewhere.
About 770 people are in Rush Township on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The commute from Rush Township, by distance
About 34% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The places Rush Township commutes to
Where Rush Township clocks in
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Rush Township makes things: 44% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rush Township, 2014 → 2024: 41 → 99. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rush Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 28 minutes each way, about the PA average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rush Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 393 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Most trips from Rush Township start in a car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 3.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 455 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.3% of Rush Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Rush Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Rush Township is 3,565th of 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 8 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 17% | A+ |
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| 13 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
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| 3,563 | Salem Township OH | 1,034 | $51K | 15.0% | 1.2% | 2% | D |
| 3,564 | West Beaver Township PA | 1,145 | $50K | 12.7% | 0.7% | 3% | D |
| 3,565 | Rush Township PA | 1,155 | $62K | 17.9% | 1.7% | 3% | D |
| 3,566 | Barker Heights NC | 1,074 | $29K | 49.7% | 3.3% | 1% | D |
| 3,567 | Olivet TN | 1,377 | $67K | 21.0% | 0.0% | 1% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Rush Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Rush Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rush Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush Township | – | D | C | 28 min | $61,625 |
| Jessup Township | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Stevens Township | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Auburn Township | 3% | B− | C | 30 min | $88,625 |
| Forest Lake Township | under 3% | C | C | 29 min | $68,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Jessup Township and Stevens Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Auburn Township. Darker towns draw more of Rush Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Rush Township: questions
What is the median household income in Rush Township?
$61,625 (±$8,268) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rush Township?
17.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rush Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rush Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mehoopany Township (7%, 16 mi), Wyalusing Township (5%, 12 mi), Bridgewater Township (4%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Rush Township walkable?
Rush Township is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 3.4 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rush Township without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rush Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rush Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.