Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Centre

Municipality: Rush township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,142

Household (median)                                               21,862

Family (median)                                                  25,779

  Married couple families (mean)                                 32,526

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          10,594





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            14.0

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                42.3

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            54.5

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            14.1

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                22.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            30.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 14.7





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 80

  Elementary or High School                                         507

  College                                                            67



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              35.0

  High school grad (%)                                             65.0

  College grad (%)                                                  9.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,419

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           15.8

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 33.5

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          8.3

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                20.3

  Mean Income                                                    17,289

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.4

  Mean Income                                                    31,362

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            52.4

  Mean Income                                                    35,701

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    685

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    8.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    262

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.8





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   10.9

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           26.3

  Service (%)                                                      17.5

  Farming (%)                                                       1.7

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             17.1

  Labor (%)                                                        26.5





Source:        Census of Population and Housing, 1990: Summary Tape File 3

Prepared by:   The Pennsylvania State Data Center, Penn State Harrisburg

Date Prepared: December, 1996