RheemsPA
A town of 2,426, settled in 1894.
Is Rheems a good place to live?
Rheems’ median rent is $1,639 a month, above both Pennsylvania’s towns ($1,115 a month) and U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). Among 1,036 Pennsylvania towns, just 4 have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Rheems. We don’t grade Rheems yet; the figures below are still real.
Rheems has grown 41% from 2010 to 2020
1,598 counted in 2010 and 2,253 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
Hersheypark and 37 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Rheems. Close and well known come first.
12 mi Theme parkHersheypark3.0M visitors a year
32 mi National MonumentCarlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument
12 mi Stadium & arenaHersheypark Stadium
12 mi MuseumHershey's Chocolate World
12 mi Stadium & arenaHersheypark Arena
20 mi Theme parkDutch WonderlandPhoto credits
Hersheypark: Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Hersheypark Stadium: 45BearsFan, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Hershey's Chocolate World: Phillyfan0419, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hersheypark Arena: Hersheyarena4ever at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Dutch Wonderland: FlugKerl2, CC BY-SA 3.0
Moving to Rheems: who provides what
Rheems is unincorporated, so Lancaster County and regional agencies provide most services.
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 Rheems.
Rheems has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The top destinations are Derry Township (9%), West Donegal Township (8%) and Elizabethtown (6%). Just 1% of Rheems’s working residents have a job in town. Employers in Rheems added 215 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 410. The income of the median household here is $97,000.
| Rheems | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $97,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The biggest natural risk in Rheems is inland flooding, at a low overall level
Expected losses in Rheems break down as 62% from inland flooding and 16% from hurricanes. Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in just over two thirds of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Expect four seasons and pleasant summers in Rheems
Expect chilly winters and warm summers in Rheems. Summer afternoons peak near 85° in July, and January nights bottom out around 22°; snowfall runs to about 24 inches a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
More children than Pennsylvania overall
Among adults 25 and older in Rheems, 34% hold a bachelor’s degree or more. Children under 18 are 28% of residents (21% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 16% of residents (22% statewide). The median age for Rheems comes to 37.1 years, below both the Pennsylvania town median (43.2 years) and the median of U.S. towns (40.5 years).
| Rheems | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 37.1 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 34% | 29% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 23% and 67% women
The Census survey reached too few of Rheems’ residents to say more: its margin here is ±22.1 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Rheems | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.3% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 18.4% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.5% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.7% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.2% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 15.5% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 10.1% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.8% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.4% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.1% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 29.3% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 28.9% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 3.8% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 23% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.8% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,400, single groups can be off by several points
How healthy Rheems is
29% of adults have high blood pressure in Rheems. The share of adults in Rheems who binge drink: 20%.
| Rheems | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 16% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 34% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 24% | 25% |
| What stands out | Rheems | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 7% | 14.5% |
| Fewer adults in fair or poor health | 14.1% | 18.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Rheems Athletic Association Fields | — | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A home in Rheems sells for about $416K at the median
Rheems: 72% of households are owner-occupiers.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Rheems
Colleges nearby
9 within 15 miles of the center of Rheems
About 5 of every 100 Rheems residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
99% of working residents leave Rheems for work
Where Rheems’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Rheems
Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US
Rheems is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States, between the boroughs of Elizabethtown and Mount Joy. The population was 1,598 during the 2010 census.
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- Area
- 1.2 sq mi
- Elevation
- 427 ft
- ZIP code
- 17570
Rheems’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Rheems.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rheems | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| East Donegal Township | #616 | B | C | — | B | B+ |
| West Donegal Township | #582 | B | D | — | A− | A− |
East Donegal Township and West Donegal Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Rheems isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Rheems with a neighbor →
Questions about Rheems
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Rheems, PA a good place to live?
We don’t grade Rheems yet; the figures below are still real.