Bushkill is a medium-sized town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 11,219 people and four associated neighborhoods, Bushkill is the 96th largest community in Pennsylvania.
A relatively large number of people in Bushkill telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.54% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Bushkill has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Bushkill a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
In Bushkill, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 42.52 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.
In Bushkill, a lot of people use the bus to get to work every day though Bushkill is a relatively small town. Those that ride the bus are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.
The overall education level of Bushkill is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 25.53% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Bushkill in 2022 was $33,714, which is middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $134,856 for a family of four. However, Bushkill contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Bushkill is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Bushkill home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bushkill residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Bushkill also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 26.02% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Bushkill include Irish, German, Italian, African, and English.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Bushkill's cultural character, accounting for 17.00% of the town’s population.
The most common language spoken in Bushkill is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.