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RushPA

A town of 1,585.

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Population
1,585
+6.9% since 2010
Median home value
$264K
Census ACS
Household income
$92K
median
Median age
39.0
years
Jobs based here
170
A commuter town
A commuter town

97% of working residents leave Rush for work

Where Rush’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.

28% → Mahoning Mahoning 28% 6% → Danville Danville 6% 4% → Bloomsburg Bloomsburg 4% 2% → Hemlock Hemlock 2% 2% → Riverside Riverside 2% 2% → Point Point 2% Rush · 3% stay
170jobs based in Rush
3%of working residents work in town
10 mimedian commute distance

Census LEHD 2023

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Work & commute

Most working residents commute out of Rush

Most working residents leave Rush for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Mahoning (28%), Danville (6%) and Bloomsburg (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

3%work in town

Where working residents work

In Rush3%
Mahoning28%
Danville6%
Bloomsburg4%
Hemlock2%
10 mi
median commute distance
170
jobs based in Rush
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
Census LEHD 2023 · ACSCommute map →
Natural hazards

High risk, with inland flooding at the top

Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 71% of U.S. communities.

71risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
71High riskLowerHigher
Inland flooding
30
paid flood claims since 1978
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMANatural hazards →
Climate

Four seasons, pleasant summers

Rush has chilly winters and pleasant summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 83°, a January night drops to 19°, and about 29 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.

29″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter21–37°
Spring37–59°
Summer59–81°
Fall42–62°
Oct 20
typical first frost
Apr 27
typical last frost
+1.2°
vs. the 20th-century average
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020Full climate →
Health

How healthy Rush is

Rush beats the Pennsylvania average on 1 of 5 CDC measures and trails it on 0.

5 measures vs. Pennsylvania
1 better4 too close to call0 worse
What stands outRushPA
More adults seeing a dentist68%64.4%
Geisinger Medical Center
4 mi away · emergency room
1 of 3
care shortages: dental
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSAFull health report →
Outdoors

0% of Rush is conserved land

7.2 miles of trails across 0 parks and preserves.

0%conserved
Map of Rush: conserved land, trails and the top places to walk
Green: conserved land · dashed: trails · numbers: the places below
0%
conserved · 0 of 17,336 acres
7.2 mi
of trails · 0.3 per sq mi
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-USParks & trails →
1940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions - Pennsylvania - Northumberland County - ED 49-61, ED 49-62, ED 49-63, ED…
1850 · 1940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions - Pennsylvania - Northumberland County - ED 49-61, ED 49-62, ED 49-63, ED… · Wikimedia Commons
Rush’s story

Rush in pictures

4 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives.

Rundown house in Rush Township, Northumberland County, PennsylvaniaScenery of Rush Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania 1Scenery of Rush Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania 2
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About Rush

Township in Pennsylvania, US

Rush Township is a township that is located in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population at the time of the 2010 Census was 1,122, a decline from the figure of 1,189 that was tabulated in 2000.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Population
1,199
Area
27 sq mi

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