Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Schuylkill

Municipality: Rush township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,326

Household (median)                                               31,367

Family (median)                                                  34,543

  Married couple families (mean)                                 41,347

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          27,876





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.3

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                50.0

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

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 9.9

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            70.8

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  0.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 90

  Elementary or High School                                         491

  College                                                           137



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              20.5

  High school grad (%)                                             79.5

  College grad (%)                                                 22.6





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,624

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           29.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 28.9

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.2

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.7

  Mean Income                                                    16,941

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                30.9

  Mean Income                                                    31,538

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            55.3

  Mean Income                                                    49,162

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    659

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.2

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    310

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   24.3

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           22.3

  Service (%)                                                       8.1

  Farming (%)                                                       3.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             14.9

  Labor (%)                                                        27.2





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