Hardman Philips House · Photo: Pubdog · CC BY-SA 3.0Rush Township has higher unemployment (6.7%) than 80% of U.S. towns
About one in ten work in Rush Township itself; outside it, College Township draws the most (12%, 19 miles). Jobs and income earn Rush Township C+; getting around on foot earns it C−. The trip to work takes 30 minutes on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Rush Township
Rush Township trades workers with the towns around it
Rush Township has about as many jobs (1,340) as working residents (1,354), but they are mostly different people: 1,199 residents leave for work each day while 1,185 people come in. Only 12% of the jobs in Rush Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Rush Township makes and builds things
49% of the jobs based in Rush Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Rush Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 17%. The jobs ↓
Rush Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Rush Township went from 968 in 2013 to 1,340 in 2023, +38%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Rush Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Rush Township is better than 38% of U.S. towns, #798 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The poverty rate holds Rush Township’s grade up (6.4%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Rush Township could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Rush Township by day and by night
On a workday 1,199 residents head out to work, 155 work right here, and 1,185 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
In Rush Township, 49% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
1,340 jobs are based in Rush Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rush Township, 2013 → 2023: 968 → 1,340. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rush Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where the trip to work from Rush Township ends
Where Rush Township clocks in
12% of workers
6% of workers
5% 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.
About 30 minutes each way, longer than most of Pennsylvania
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 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 1,394 commuters (the 11% 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.
Miles to work from Rush Township
About 19% 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Few in Rush Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rush Township is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns, #889 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,562 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 8.8% of Rush Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Rush Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Rush Township ranks: 2,740th of 4,355 U.S. towns of 2,500 to 4,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 21 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
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| 26 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
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| 67 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
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| 2,738 | Oakfield NY | 3,095 | $67K | 22.6% | 3.2% | 8% | C+ |
| 2,739 | Jefferson Township OH | 2,553 | $49K | 23.4% | 1.5% | 13% | C+ |
| 2,740 | Rush Township PA | 3,556 | $76K | 6.4% | 6.7% | 11% | C+ |
| 2,741 | Cohasset MN | 2,728 | $93K | 6.4% | 8.6% | 8% | C+ |
| 2,742 | Woodlynne NJ | 2,942 | $75K | 19.4% | 11.2% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,355 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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.
10% of Rush Township works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Decatur Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rush Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush Township | – | C+ | C− | 30 min | $75,732 |
| Decatur Township | 6% | C+ | B | 25 min | $56,394 |
| Gulich Township | under 3% | C+ | C− | 33 min | $82,457 |
| Woodward Township | under 3% | C− | C | 31 min | $61,953 |
| Morris Township | under 3% | D | D | 35 min | $45,357 |
| Cooper Township | under 3% | B | C | 35 min | $80,900 |
| Philipsburg | 4% | C+ | B+ | 24 min | $47,794 |
| Hawk Run | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Winburne | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Hawk Run and Winburne: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 2023, 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?
$75,732 (±$13,752) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rush Township?
6.4%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rush Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rush Township work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are College Township (12%, 19 mi), Decatur Township (6%, 8 mi), State College (5%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Rush Township walkable?
Rush Township is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rush Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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), 2023, 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.