Work & commute · Rush

Work & commute in Rush, PA

Most working residents leave Rush for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Hazle (10%), Tamaqua (4%) and West Hazleton (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

94 of 1,339 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,245 Rush residents head out of town to work, 94 work right here, and 1,966 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rush.

1,245live here, work elsewhere

94live and work here

1,966work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rush goes to work

Hazle7.8 mi away

10%133

Rush (in town)right here

7%94

Tamaqua3.9 mi away

4%58

West Hazleton9.1 mi away

4%51

Hazleton6.9 mi away

4%51

Pottsville17.1 mi away

3%37

Upper Macungie26.6 mi away

2%33

Banks6 mi away

2%27

Philadelphia72.9 mi away

2%23

Kline4.6 mi away

2%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%810

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Rush commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

35%

26%

18%

21%

35%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rush is a job hub

1.54jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Rush are

2,060 jobs are based in Rush. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rush’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rush

2,060 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)48%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)27%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Rush residents hold

1,339 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+30%

Jobs based in Rush, 2013 → 2023: 1,584 → 2,060. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.