Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Susquehanna

Municipality: Rush township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       10,652

Household (median)                                               25,185

Family (median)                                                  28,942

  Married couple families (mean)                                 35,213

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          14,195





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             6.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                80.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            56.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            10.4

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                12.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            64.7

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 12.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 14

  Elementary or High School                                         223

  College                                                            46



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              24.6

  High school grad (%)                                             75.4

  College grad (%)                                                 10.3





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    531

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           28.1

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 16.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.9

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                13.7

  Mean Income                                                    12,538

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                26.4

  Mean Income                                                    25,649

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            59.9

  Mean Income                                                    42,285

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    216

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    105

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.2





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   11.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           25.6

  Service (%)                                                      10.2

  Farming (%)                                                      11.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             18.8

  Labor (%)                                                        22.6





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