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REINHOLDS STATION TRINITY CHAPEL, LANCASTER COUNTY, PA
REINHOLDS STATION TRINITY CHAPEL, LANCASTER COUNTY, PA
Pennsylvania›Lancaster County

ReinholdsPA

A town of 2,168, settled in 1923.

2 bordering townsMap →
Photo: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD · CC BY-SA 4.0
Photo of Reinholds

Reinholds, PA · Photo: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗

Is Reinholds a good place to live?

We don’t grade Reinholds yet; the figures below are still real.

A commuter town

98% of working residents leave Reinholds for work

Where Reinholds’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.

10% → East Cocalico Township East Cocalico Township 10% 5% → West Cocalico Township West Cocalico Township 5% 5% → Denver Denver 5% 4% → Ephrata Ephrata 4% 3% → Lancaster Lancaster 3% 3% → Ephrata Township Ephrata Township 3% Reinholds · 2% stay
161jobs based in Reinholds
2%of working residents work in town
12 mimedian commute distance

Census LEHD 2023

Nearby attractions

Hersheypark and 51 more within 40 miles

Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Reinholds. Close and well known come first.

All 212 attractions →
Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Hersheypark: Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom: Coasterman1234 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Longwood Gardens: P. Hughes, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ephrata Cloister: 1549bcp at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Dutch Wonderland: FlugKerl2, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hersheypark Stadium: 45BearsFan, CC BY-SA 4.0

Getting set up

Moving to Reinholds: who provides what

Reinholds is unincorporated, so Lancaster County and regional agencies provide most services.

PowerPPL Electric Utilities18.6¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
WaterWest Cocalico Twp Water AuthNo health-based violations in 5 years · EPAEPA
Internet5 providers100% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC
Trash & county servicesLancaster CountyLancaster County provides services here
SchoolsCocalico School DistrictWhich school depends on your addressNCES
Register to voteOnlineIn Pennsylvania you can register online until 15 days before Election Day, in person until 15 days before Election Day, or by mail (received 15 days before).vote.gov
Who runs elections hereLancaster County Board of ElectionsLancaster County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Jan 2025
ZIP codes17569, 1751717569 99% · 17517 1%Census 2020

EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

The data

Ordered by what stands out in Reinholds.

Work & commute

With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Reinholds’ workers commute out

For half of commuters, work is under 12 miles away. In Reinholds, 3.1% of residents live below the poverty line. Commuting out is the norm here: 2% of working residents work locally. Employers in Reinholds added 32 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 161.

2%work in town
ReinholdsPennsylvania townsU.S. towns
Below the poverty line3.1%7.6%9.6%
Median household income$98,000$81,000$80,000
Working residents who work in town2.1%6.3%8%
Average trip to work23 minutes26 minutes25 minutes

Where working residents work

In Reinholds2%
East Cocalico Township10%
West Cocalico Township5%
Denver5%
Ephrata4%
12 mi
median commute distance
161
jobs based in Reinholds
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents

Census LEHD 2023 · ACS

Who lives here

More middle-aged adults than Pennsylvania overall

Here, 31% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree, against 35% in Pennsylvania as a whole. Adults 35 to 64 are half of residents (38% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 13% of residents (22% statewide). Also worth knowing: in Reinholds, the age of the median resident is 40.3 years, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 43.2 years and U.S. towns at 40.5 years.

40.3median age · PA 40.9
ReinholdsPennsylvania townsU.S. towns
Median age40.3 years43.2 years40.5 years
Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+31%29%29%
ReinholdsPennsylvaniaUnited States

Ages · share of residents

Education · adults 25 and older

No diploma8%
High school39%
Some college16%
Associate’s7%
Bachelor’s22%
Graduate9%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.6 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.

Ages and education in Reinholds
ReinholdsPAU.S.
Under 1010.6%10.8%11.6%
10 to 1715.4%9.7%10.3%
18 to 247%9%9.1%
25 to 346.4%13%13.7%
35 to 4417.6%12.6%13.2%
45 to 5418.4%11.9%12.2%
55 to 6413.6%13.6%12.7%
65 to 748.2%11.4%10.2%
75 and older3%8.1%7%
No diploma7.6%7.9%10.4%
High school39.2%32.9%26%
Some college15.6%15.1%19.1%
Associate’s6.5%8.9%8.8%
Bachelor’s22.4%20.9%21.6%
Graduate8.6%14.3%14.1%

U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,200, single groups can be off by several points

Climate

Expect four seasons and pleasant summers in Reinholds

In July, afternoons reach 85°; in January, nights fall to 22°, and about 27 inches of snow falls in a winter.

27″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter24–41°
Spring40–62°
Summer62–83°
Fall44–65°
Oct 19
typical first frost
Apr 26
typical last frost
+1.7°
vs. the 20th-century average

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

Natural hazards

Reinholds has a low natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding

FEMA puts 64% of Reinholds’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 17% to hurricanes. On expected storm and flood damage, Reinholds sits below nearly two thirds of U.S. communities.

34risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
34Low riskLowerHigher
Inland floodingHurricanes

FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA

Health

More of Reinholds’ adults binge drink than in the typical Pennsylvania or U.S. town

Among adults in Reinholds, 28% have high blood pressure. Just over a fifth of adults get no exercise outside work locally, below both Pennsylvania’s towns (24%) and U.S. towns (25%). CDC measures, 26 in all: Reinholds beats Pennsylvania on 6 and trails on 5.

ReinholdsPennsylvania townsU.S. towns
Binge drink (CDC PLACES)22%18%16%
High blood pressure (CDC PLACES)28%34%35%
Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES)75%79%79%
Diabetes (CDC PLACES)8.6%11%12%
26 measures vs. Pennsylvania
6 better15 too close to call5 worse
What stands outReinholdsPA
Fewer adults who have had a stroke2.7%3.7%
Fewer adults with diabetes8.6%11.6%
More uninsured adults8.6%5.8%
Wellspan Ephrata Community Hospital
6.6 mi away · emergency room
None
primary care, dental or mental-health shortage

CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA

Outdoors

Conservation land takes up 3.4% of Reinholds

2 parks and preserves cover 19 acres in Reinholds.

3.4%conserved
3.4%
conserved · 20 of 588 acres
0.0 mi
of trails · 0 per sq mi
Biggest places to walkTrailsAcres
1. Chapel Gate Community Park—11
2. West Cocalico Township Park—8

Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US

Housing

Homes in Reinholds sell for about $405K

For households in Reinholds, the share who live in a home they own is 92%. In Reinholds, the rent at the middle of the market is $1,099 a month.

$405Kmedian sale price
ReinholdsPennsylvania townsU.S. towns
Households that own their home92%78%73%
Median rent$1,099 a month$1,115 a month$1,185 a month
1
homes sold in April

Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Reinholds

17pages on Reinholds
After high school

Colleges nearby

4 within 15 miles of the center of Reinholds

About Reinholds

Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US

Reinholds is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in West Cocalico Township, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 1,803. The Reinholds Station Trinity Chapel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Area
0.9 sq mi
Elevation
463 ft
ZIP code
17569

Reinholds’s neighbors

2 towns share a border with Reinholds.

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How the neighbors grade
TownPA rankOverallCostSafetySchoolsHealth
Reinholds——————
West Cocalico Township#500B+C+—A−B
East Cocalico Township#208AC+AA−B

West Cocalico Township reports no FBI crime data of its own. Reinholds isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Reinholds with a neighbor →

Questions about Reinholds

Short answers, built from the data on this page.

Is Reinholds, PA a good place to live?

We don’t grade Reinholds yet; the figures below are still real.