Work & commute · Rush

Work & commute in Rush, PA

Most working residents leave Rush for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Mehoopany (8%), Bridgewater (5%) and Meshoppen (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 475 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 462 Rush residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 64 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rush.

462live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

64work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rush goes to work

Mehoopany15.7 mi away

8%40

Bridgewater11.3 mi away

5%25

Meshoppen10.3 mi away

4%21

Wyalusing12 mi away

4%21

Hop Bottom16.2 mi away

4%17

Montrose10.2 mi away

3%16

Tunkhannock17.9 mi away

3%16

Auburn6.5 mi away

3%15

Scranton33.2 mi away

3%13

Rush (in town)right here

3%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%278

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.

14%

45%

12%

29%

14%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rush is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.16 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Rush are

77 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

77 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities51%

Services (health, schools, offices…)16%

$1,250 a month or less40%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs Rush residents hold

475 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+31%

Jobs based in Rush, 2013 → 2023: 59 → 77. 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.