Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Dauphin

Municipality: Rush township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       11,817

Household (median)                                               21,250

Family (median)                                                  27,500

  Married couple families (mean)                                 34,300

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                               0





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                 0.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             6.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                26.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            20.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  0.0





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  9

  Elementary or High School                                          36

  College                                                             3



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              25.4

  High school grad (%)                                             74.6

  College grad (%)                                                 22.5





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                     91

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           34.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 18.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.1

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                21.2

  Mean Income                                                     9,662

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                28.8

  Mean Income                                                    26,098

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            50.0

  Mean Income                                                    48,469

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     38

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    7.9

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     13

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   28.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           22.0

  Service (%)                                                       5.5

  Farming (%)                                                       0.0

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             22.0

  Labor (%)                                                        22.0





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