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.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Bushkill is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Bushkill is a town of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bushkill who work in management occupations (13.90%), office and administrative support (11.52%), and teaching (9.62%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.54% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. One downside of living in Bushkill is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Bushkill, the average commute to work is 42.52 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the town, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative. Even though Bushkill is a smaller town, it has many people who hop on public transportation – mostly the bus for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.The percentage of people in Bushkill who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 25.53% of adults in Bushkill 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. Bushkill also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 17.00%. The most common language spoken in Bushkill is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
