Best PlacesRush, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rush, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Rush ranks 42,210th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Rush
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Rush's strengths and weaknesses
Where Rush ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 81% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 74% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 71% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 61% of towns
Where Rush ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 8% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 8% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 11% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Rush
A household needs to earn about $49,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rush home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $64,362, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Rush's effective rate of 0.83%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Rush
Rush runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Rush.
Who works in Rush, and how
Work in Rush centers on retail trade and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Rush
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Rush.
What the weather is like in Rush, month by month
Rush sees roughly 85 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 33° | 26° |
| April | 68° | 54° | 43° |
| July | 88° | 76° | 66° |
| October | 69° | 56° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Rush
The nearest airport, John Murtha Johnstown/Cambria County, is about 46 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Washington Dulles International, about 80 miles away.
The best schools in and around Rush
Schools across Rush average a C−, better than 28% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- West Side ElementaryD · 20% proficient
- Flintstone ElementaryD− · 13% proficient
Top middle schools
- Washington MiddleD− · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Fort Hill HighB+ · 58% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Rush school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Rush measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Rush against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Rush
Is Rush a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rush ranks 42,210th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, big-city access, and a stable housing market, and lowest on taxes and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Rush expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $186,444. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $64,362 median income, cost of living beats 23% of towns.
Is Rush safe?
Rush is safer than 36% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $347 per resident a year.
Compare Rush with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rush. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rush represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Rush detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rush: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rush: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rush: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rush: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rush detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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