Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Northumberland

Municipality: Rush township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,279

Household (median)                                               30,536

Family (median)                                                  32,885

  Married couple families (mean)                                 45,472

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          32,883





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.5

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                83.3

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             8.5

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                10.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            64.3

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 11.3





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 20

  Elementary or High School                                         203

  College                                                            29



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              20.7

  High school grad (%)                                             79.3

  College grad (%)                                                 20.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    560

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           17.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 40.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.2

  Mean Income                                                    23,151

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                22.1

  Mean Income                                                    53,205

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            64.7

  Mean Income                                                    46,931

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    242

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     91

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   20.5

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           19.6

  Service (%)                                                      16.6

  Farming (%)                                                      10.9

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             11.3

  Labor (%)                                                        21.1





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