Food Stamps in the Rush Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Township)

Income On and Off Food Stamps#1

Median income among households that do and do not receive food stamps.
Scope: households in Dauphin County and the Rush Township
Rush Township
Dauphin County
$0k$20k$40k$60kCountAllNot On Food Stamps$74,688.000000$54,968.000000$74,688.000000$74.7k95$78,125.000000$61,353.000000$78,125.000000$78.1k93
Count number of households in category

Characteristics of Households Receiving Food Stamps#2

Households with given characteristics as a percentage of all households that receive food stamps.
Scope: households in Dauphin County and the Rush Township
Rush Township
Dauphin County
0%20%40%60%80%100%%ChildrenSingle MomMarriedDisability1Over 601Poverty20.000000%0.000000%0.0%52.727915%0.000%0%0.000000%0.000000%0.0%32.989399%0.000%0%0.000000%0.000000%0.0%13.837456%0.000%0%50.000000%44.176678%50.000000%50.0%6.667%6.67%100.000000%25.455830%100.000000%100.0%6.061%6.06%50.000000%49.031802%50.000000%50.0%25.000%25.0%
% households on food stamps as a percentage of all households with the given characteristic
1at least one qualifying person 2income in last 12 months below poverty level

Characteristics of Households Not Receiving Food Stamps#3

Households with given characteristics as a percentage of all households that do not receive food stamps.
Scope: households in Dauphin County and the Rush Township
Rush Township
Dauphin County
0%10%20%30%40%50%%ChildrenSingle MomMarriedDisability1Over 601Poverty252.688172%26.160461%52.688172%52.7%100.000%100%6.451613%5.535025%6.451613%6.5%100.000%100%46.236559%17.827214%46.236559%46.2%100.000%100%15.053763%22.194231%15.053763%15.1%93.333%93.3%33.333333%38.993973%33.333333%33.3%93.939%93.9%3.225806%6.502118%3.225806%3.2%75.000%75.0%
% households not on food stamps as a percentage of all households with the given characteristic
1at least one qualifying person 2income in last 12 months below poverty level

On Food Stamps by Race#4

Percentage of given ethno-racial group on food stamps.
Scope: households in Dauphin County and the Rush Township
Rush Township
Dauphin County
0%5%10%15%20%25%30%Count%White1All RacesBlack22.127660%6.321804%2.127660%2.1%2101.063830%101%2.105263%12.839009%2.105263%2.1%2100.000000%100%0.000000%0.000000%0.0%30.375857%00.000000%0%
Count number of households on food stamps in given ethno-racial group
% percentage more or less than the population at large
1non-Hispanic white 2including Hispanic 3white Hispanic

Food Stamps by County Subdivision in the Harrisburg Area

There are 103 county subdivisions in the Harrisburg Area. This section compares the Rush Township to the 50 most populous county subdivisions in the Harrisburg Area and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with the Rush Township. The least populous of the compared county subdivisions has a population of 2,275.

Most Food Stamps by County Subdivision#5

Food Stamp recipients as a percentage of all households.
Scope: population of the Rush Township, selected other county subdivisions in the Harrisburg Area, and entities that contain the Rush Township
0%10%20%30%Count#HarrisburgSteeltonPenbrookHighspireShippensburgCarlisleLemoyneMiddletownSwatara TownshipSwataraMiddle AtlanticNortheastUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesPennsylvaniaDauphin CountyDauphinWilliams Valley School DistrictWilliams VlyLower Swatara TownshipLower SwataraMarysvilleZIP Code 17980ZIP 17980Harrisburg and Carlisle Metro AreaHarrisburgMillersburgCentre TownshipCentreEast Pennsboro TownshipE PennsboroMiddlesex TownshipMiddlesexWormleysburgHummelstownNew Cumberland024700Tract 024700Carroll TownshipCarrollWheatfield TownshipWheatfieldWest Pennsboro TownshipW PennsboroSusquehanna TownshipSusquehannaMiddle Paxton TownshipMiddle PaxtonSouthampton TownshipSouthamptonMechanicsburgLondonderry TownshipLondonderryUpper Allen TownshipUpper AllenLower Allen TownshipLower AllenNorth Middleton TownshipN MiddletonSaville TownshipSavilleDickinson TownshipDickinsonLower Paxton TownshipLower PaxtonCamp HillPenn TownshipSouth Middleton TownshipS MiddletonUpper Paxton TownshipUpper PaxtonHopewell TownshipHopewellConewago TownshipConewagoMonroe TownshipMonroeSouth Hanover TownshipS HanoverNorth Newton TownshipN NewtonDerry TownshipDerryPenn TownshipSilver Spring TownshipSilver SpgHampden TownshipHampdenShippensburg TownshipShippensburgEast Hanover TownshipE HanoverWest Hanover TownshipW HanoverRush TownshipRye TownshipHalifax TownshipHalifax34.192483%34.192483%34.2%6,832132.645403%32.645403%32.6%696219.370861%19.370861%19.4%234318.079096%18.079096%18.1%192416.955684%16.955684%17.0%352515.820286%15.820286%15.8%1,162615.759850%15.759850%15.8%336714.380757%14.380757%14.4%562813.523092%13.523092%13.5%1,221913.364894%13.364894%13.4%2,061,2852.06M13.194686%13.194686%13.2%2,780,9862.78M13.049135%13.049135%13.0%15,360,95115.4M12.983035%12.983035%13.0%644,209644k12.839009%12.839009%12.8%14,15014.2k12.135593%12.135593%12.1%35812.046749%12.046749%12.0%4021011.945392%11.945392%11.9%1401111.451613%11.451613%11.5%14210.193905%10.193905%10.2%22,89522.9k9.591326%9.591326%9.6%115129.483667%9.483667%9.5%90139.478181%9.478181%9.5%821148.511497%8.511497%8.5%211158.497191%8.497191%8.5%121168.329101%8.329101%8.3%164178.299120%8.299120%8.3%283188.121411%8.121411%8.1%1987.933662%7.933662%7.9%177197.927333%7.927333%7.9%96207.808456%7.808456%7.8%181217.720656%7.720656%7.7%838227.657658%7.657658%7.7%153237.351809%7.351809%7.4%191247.052529%7.052529%7.1%290256.929283%6.929283%6.9%146266.829680%6.829680%6.8%486276.604718%6.604718%6.6%462286.217504%6.217504%6.2%287295.690073%5.690073%5.7%47305.136268%5.136268%5.1%98315.136145%5.136145%5.1%1,045325.134550%5.134550%5.1%166334.957397%4.957397%5.0%64344.705495%4.705495%4.7%286354.659091%4.659091%4.7%82364.272517%4.272517%4.3%37374.147031%4.147031%4.1%44383.892734%3.892734%3.9%90393.846154%3.846154%3.8%98403.559127%3.559127%3.6%31413.505007%3.505007%3.5%343423.355079%3.355079%3.4%36433.098324%3.098324%3.1%196443.014693%3.014693%3.0%357452.541106%2.541106%2.5%34462.335456%2.335456%2.3%55472.279202%2.279202%2.3%88482.105263%2.105263%2.1%22.015677%2.015677%2.0%18491.970109%1.970109%2.0%2950
Count number of households on food stamps
# rank of county subdivision out of 50 by percentage on food stamps

Food Stamps by County Subdivision in Pennsylvania

There are 2,574 county subdivisions in Pennsylvania. This section compares the Rush Township to the 50 most populous county subdivisions in Pennsylvania and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with the Rush Township. The least populous of the compared county subdivisions has a population of 27,333.

Most Food Stamps by County Subdivision#6

Food Stamp recipients as a percentage of all households.
Scope: population of the Rush Township, selected other county subdivisions in Pennsylvania, and entities that contain the Rush Township
0%10%20%30%40%Count#ReadingChesterYorkHarrisburgLancasterWilkes-BarreAllentownErieWilliamsportNorristownAltoonaPhiladelphiaScrantonBethlehemPittsburghPenn Hills TownshipPenn HlsUpper Darby TownshipUpper DarbyMiddle AtlanticNortheastUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesPennsylvaniaDauphin CountyDauphinWilliams Valley School DistrictWilliams VlyBristol TownshipBristolZIP Code 17980ZIP 17980Harrisburg and Carlisle Metro AreaHarrisburgBensalem TownshipBensalemRidley TownshipRidleyMillcreek TownshipMillcreekHempfield TownshipHempfieldFalls TownshipFalls024700Tract 024700York TownshipMonroevilleCheltenham TownshipCheltenhamAbington TownshipAbingtonWarminster TownshipWarminsterPlumRoss TownshipLower Paxton TownshipLower PaxtonNorth Huntingdon TownshipN HuntingdonMiddletown TownshipMiddletownSpring TownshipSpgState CollegeManheim TownshipManheimBethel ParkMount Lebanon TownshipMt LebanonShaler TownshipShalerUpper Merion TownshipUpper MerionRadnor TownshipRadnorHampden TownshipHampdenHaverford TownshipHaverfordCranberry TownshipCranberryLower Merion TownshipLower MerionMcCandless TownshipMcCandlessLower Macungie TownshipLower MacungieRush TownshipNorthampton TownshipNorthamptonTredyffrin TownshipTredyffrinLower Makefield TownshipLower Makefield44.333023%44.333023%44.3%12,86512.9k140.482343%40.482343%40.5%4,700235.934809%35.934809%35.9%5,843334.192483%34.192483%34.2%6,832430.655699%30.655699%30.7%6,522530.627692%30.627692%30.6%4,694629.085692%29.085692%29.1%12,06312.1k727.864170%27.864170%27.9%11,41411.4k826.477167%26.477167%26.5%2,841926.394203%26.394203%26.4%3,2421025.573382%25.573382%25.6%4,7501125.315915%25.315915%25.3%147,489147k1222.888490%22.888490%22.9%6,6341321.579593%21.579593%21.6%4,3991417.343865%17.343865%17.3%23,03323.0k1515.213388%15.213388%15.2%2,8091613.818242%13.818242%13.8%4,1891713.364894%13.364894%13.4%2,061,2852.06M13.194686%13.194686%13.2%2,780,9862.78M13.049135%13.049135%13.0%15,360,95115.4M12.983035%12.983035%13.0%644,209644k12.839009%12.839009%12.8%14,15014.2k12.135593%12.135593%12.1%35811.671811%11.671811%11.7%2,2691811.451613%11.451613%11.5%14210.193905%10.193905%10.2%22,89522.9k10.120105%10.120105%10.1%2,393199.597783%9.597783%9.6%1,143208.762521%8.762521%8.8%1,977218.695652%8.695652%8.7%1,468228.314395%8.314395%8.3%1,061238.121411%8.121411%8.1%1986.938326%6.938326%6.9%819246.693760%6.693760%6.7%840256.620670%6.620670%6.6%950266.389883%6.389883%6.4%1,339276.355965%6.355965%6.4%821285.362805%5.362805%5.4%592295.243255%5.243255%5.2%721305.136145%5.136145%5.1%1,045315.081714%5.081714%5.1%625324.958781%4.958781%5.0%794334.770049%4.770049%4.8%502344.764657%4.764657%4.8%577354.613900%4.613900%4.6%717364.451902%4.451902%4.5%597374.279263%4.279263%4.3%597384.139236%4.139236%4.1%503393.407098%3.407098%3.4%408403.044521%3.044521%3.0%292413.014693%3.014693%3.0%357422.842407%2.842407%2.8%496432.743233%2.743233%2.7%300442.639621%2.639621%2.6%596452.637605%2.637605%2.6%311462.542580%2.542580%2.5%312472.105263%2.105263%2.1%21.840358%1.840358%1.8%255481.281192%1.281192%1.3%153490.677630%0.677630%0.7%8250
Count number of households on food stamps
# rank of county subdivision out of 50 by percentage on food stamps

Food Stamps by County Subdivision in the Northeast

There are 5,785 county subdivisions in the Northeast. This section compares the Rush Township to the 50 most populous county subdivisions in the Northeast and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with the Rush Township. The least populous of the compared county subdivisions has a population of 91,133.

Most Food Stamps by County Subdivision#7

Food Stamp recipients as a percentage of all households.
Scope: population of the Rush Township, selected other county subdivisions in the Northeast, and entities that contain the Rush Township
0%10%20%30%40%Count#Town of HartfordHartfordPatersonSpringfieldBronxRochesterBuffaloProvidenceSyracuseTown of WaterburyWaterburyLynnNewarkAllentownBrocktonTown of BridgeportBridgeportErieTown of New HavenNew HvnNew BedfordPhiladelphiaBrooklynLakewood TownshipLakewoodLowellWorcesterAlbanyElizabethTown of RamapoRamapoBostonPittsburghYonkersJersey CityManchesterQueensManhattanMiddle AtlanticNortheastUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesPennsylvaniaDauphin CountyDauphinStaten IslandWilliams Valley School DistrictWilliams VlyZIP Code 17980ZIP 17980QuincyHarrisburg and Carlisle Metro AreaHarrisburgTown of IslipTown of StamfordStamfordTown of GreeceGreeceCambridgeTown of BabylonBabylon024700Tract 024700Town of AmherstAmherstTown of BrookhavenBrookhavenToms River TownshipToms RivTown of HempsteadHempsteadWoodbridge TownshipWoodbridgeTown of HuntingtonHuntingtonEdison TownshipEdisonTown of GreenburghGreenburghTown of North HempsteadN HempsteadTown of Oyster BayOyster BayTown of SmithtownSmithtownRush Township41.537790%41.537790%41.5%19,04319.0k139.804428%39.804428%39.8%17,42217.4k237.003988%37.003988%37.0%20,69320.7k336.640787%36.640787%36.6%179,811180k434.826485%34.826485%34.8%29,88629.9k534.412955%34.412955%34.4%37,74037.7k632.144141%32.144141%32.1%19,67819.7k730.808773%30.808773%30.8%17,08117.1k830.441676%30.441676%30.4%12,09612.1k929.691086%29.691086%29.7%9,5731029.258268%29.258268%29.3%27,54927.5k1129.085692%29.085692%29.1%12,06312.1k1228.501766%28.501766%28.5%9,1181328.212562%28.212562%28.2%14,20714.2k1427.864170%27.864170%27.9%11,41411.4k1526.525268%26.525268%26.5%13,26913.3k1626.343812%26.343812%26.3%10,34110.3k1725.315915%25.315915%25.3%147,489147k1823.963174%23.963174%24.0%224,967225k1923.574016%23.574016%23.6%5,5962023.167678%23.167678%23.2%8,9742122.095544%22.095544%22.1%15,29115.3k2221.582487%21.582487%21.6%8,8242319.514573%19.514573%19.5%7,8072419.233644%19.233644%19.2%6,6912519.103130%19.103130%19.1%49,53949.5k2617.343865%17.343865%17.3%23,03323.0k2716.679687%16.679687%16.7%12,17012.2k2816.195840%16.195840%16.2%16,13316.1k2914.949843%14.949843%14.9%6,7663013.924220%13.924220%13.9%108,512109k3113.731890%13.731890%13.7%103,454103k3213.364894%13.364894%13.4%2,061,2852.06M13.194686%13.194686%13.2%2,780,9862.78M13.049135%13.049135%13.0%15,360,95115.4M12.983035%12.983035%13.0%644,209644k12.839009%12.839009%12.8%14,15014.2k12.543520%12.543520%12.5%20,82420.8k3312.135593%12.135593%12.1%35811.451613%11.451613%11.5%14210.627025%10.627025%10.6%4,2323410.193905%10.193905%10.2%22,89522.9k9.145754%9.145754%9.1%9,111358.981722%8.981722%9.0%4,285368.722887%8.722887%8.7%3,551378.428167%8.428167%8.4%3,666388.236290%8.236290%8.2%5,545398.121411%8.121411%8.1%1987.176033%7.176033%7.2%3,569407.005629%7.005629%7.0%11,26411.3k416.917276%6.917276%6.9%2,394426.305438%6.305438%6.3%15,24115.2k435.451322%5.451322%5.5%1,845444.454109%4.454109%4.5%3,052453.812606%3.812606%3.8%1,355463.675937%3.675937%3.7%1,216473.090064%3.090064%3.1%2,366483.027583%3.027583%3.0%2,968492.870620%2.870620%2.9%1,138502.105263%2.105263%2.1%2
Count number of households on food stamps
# rank of county subdivision out of 50 by percentage on food stamps

Food Stamps by County Subdivision in the United States

There are 35,600 county subdivisions in the United States. This section compares the Rush Township to the 50 most populous county subdivisions in the United States and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with the Rush Township. The least populous of the compared county subdivisions has a population of 547,300.

Most Food Stamps by County Subdivision#8

Food Stamp recipients as a percentage of all households.
Scope: population of the Rush Township, selected other county subdivisions in the United States, and entities that contain the Rush Township
0%10%20%30%40%Count#DetroitBronxMilwaukeeMiamiBaltimorePhiladelphiaEl PasoSan Antonio CentralSan Antonio CntrlBrooklynFresnoOrlandoChicagoSan BernardinoTampaBostonColumbusSouthwest DallasSW DallasFort WorthAlbuquerqueAtlantaWashingtonTucsonHoustonQueensLas VegasManhattanSacramentoPhoenixMiddle AtlanticNortheastTulsaUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesPennsylvaniaNortheast DallasNE DallasTownship 1:Charlotte1, CharlotteDauphin CountyDauphinWilliams Valley School DistrictWilliams VlySeattleZIP Code 17980ZIP 17980Long Beach-LakewoodLong Bch-LakewoodDenverAustinLos AngelesHarrisburg and Carlisle Metro AreaHarrisburgAnaheim-Santa Ana-Garden GroveAnaheim-Santa An…OntarioSalt Lake CitySalt Lk CityNorthwest HarrisNW Harris024700Tract 024700East San Gabriel ValleyE San Gabriel VlySan Fernando ValleySan Fernando VlySan DiegoNortheast TarrantNE TarrantTown of HempsteadHempsteadSeattle EastOceanside-EscondidoOceanside-Escond…San FranciscoSan JosePlanoRush Township42.327373%42.327373%42.3%108,775109k136.640787%36.640787%36.6%179,811180k230.439719%30.439719%30.4%70,25070.3k326.918616%26.918616%26.9%90,50990.5k425.907118%25.907118%25.9%62,80362.8k525.315915%25.315915%25.3%147,489147k624.474984%24.474984%24.5%44,95145.0k724.405515%24.405515%24.4%55,00155.0k823.963174%23.963174%24.0%224,967225k920.437953%20.437953%20.4%45,71545.7k1020.198587%20.198587%20.2%44,63144.6k1119.820560%19.820560%19.8%206,645207k1219.710216%19.710216%19.7%44,79644.8k1319.376055%19.376055%19.4%50,49450.5k1419.103130%19.103130%19.1%49,53949.5k1517.573826%17.573826%17.6%58,55358.6k1617.250632%17.250632%17.3%55,99456.0k1715.901493%15.901493%15.9%47,09147.1k1815.784743%15.784743%15.8%39,68639.7k1915.004424%15.004424%15.0%35,78335.8k2014.960260%14.960260%15.0%41,37241.4k2114.937099%14.937099%14.9%51,79251.8k2214.236256%14.236256%14.2%164,852165k2313.924220%13.924220%13.9%108,512109k2413.780346%13.780346%13.8%91,44191.4k2513.731890%13.731890%13.7%103,454103k2613.554775%13.554775%13.6%55,27855.3k2713.433314%13.433314%13.4%153,787154k2813.364894%13.364894%13.4%2,061,2852.06M13.194686%13.194686%13.2%2,780,9862.78M13.071915%13.071915%13.1%30,77930.8k2913.049135%13.049135%13.0%15,360,95115.4M12.983035%12.983035%13.0%644,209644k12.939884%12.939884%12.9%73,75173.8k3012.867008%12.867008%12.9%39,89339.9k3112.839009%12.839009%12.8%14,15014.2k12.135593%12.135593%12.1%35811.909058%11.909058%11.9%52,40752.4k3211.451613%11.451613%11.5%14210.963747%10.963747%11.0%21,74121.7k3310.333295%10.333295%10.3%29,04429.0k3410.290689%10.290689%10.3%34,30034.3k3510.248119%10.248119%10.2%95,93595.9k3610.193905%10.193905%10.2%22,89522.9k9.585555%9.585555%9.6%46,82446.8k378.572006%8.572006%8.6%16,53316.5k388.561760%8.561760%8.6%27,90827.9k398.134682%8.134682%8.1%20,38620.4k408.121411%8.121411%8.1%1987.755337%7.755337%7.8%20,50120.5k417.739421%7.739421%7.7%47,77847.8k427.450825%7.450825%7.5%60,92860.9k436.406793%6.406793%6.4%13,11413.1k446.305438%6.305438%6.3%15,24115.2k456.012518%6.012518%6.0%13,74613.7k465.795555%5.795555%5.8%12,81612.8k475.164561%5.164561%5.2%18,42718.4k484.968853%4.968853%5.0%29,11429.1k493.859381%3.859381%3.9%7,721502.105263%2.105263%2.1%2
Count number of households on food stamps
# rank of county subdivision out of 50 by percentage on food stamps

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State:
Pennsylvania
County:
Dauphin
Metro Area:
Harrisburg Area
ZIP Code:
17980
Unified School District:
Williams Valley
Congressional District:
PA-11
State Senate District:
PA-15
State House District:
PA-104
Neighboring Townships:
Cold Spring, East Hanover, Jefferson, Middle Paxton, Porter, Tremont, Wayne
Nearby Townships:
East Hanover, Jackson, Lykens, Union, Wiconisco, Williams