Another notable thing is that Bushkill is an extremely popular vacation destination. A significant portion of the population is seasonal. During the vacation season, the town experiences a large influx of people who take up residence in second homes they own in the area. As the vacation season ends, the population drops again, leaving behind a substantially quieter and smaller town.
Because of many things, Bushkill is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Bushkill really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Bushkill perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
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 43.69 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.
Despite being a small town, Bushkill has a lot of people using the bus to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the bus are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.
The citizens of Bushkill are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.81% of adults in Bushkill having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Bushkill in 2018 was $31,795, which is middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $127,180 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 26.73% 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: 15.87%.
The most common language spoken in Bushkill is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
