Most of Ronks commutes out: there are 0.6 jobs for every working resident
Ronks has 94 jobs; 170 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Ronks for work; outside it, East Lampeter Township is the main destination (12%, 2 miles). 0% of workers have no commute at all, against 16% across Pennsylvania.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Ronks on a workday
On a workday 170 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 94 people come in from elsewhere.
About 130 people are in Ronks on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Ronks’ residents
Where Ronks clocks in
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
In Ronks, 33% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ronks, 2013 → 2023: 204 → 94. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ronks’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 22 minutes to work from Ronks
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ronks workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 125 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The distance from Ronks to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
How Ronks compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ronks workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronks | – | — | — | 22 min | $80,250 |
| Soudersburg | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Bird-in-Hand | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Soudersburg and Bird-in-Hand: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ronks’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Ronks: questions
What is the median household income in Ronks?
$80,250 (±$44,728) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ronks?
0.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ronks?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ronks work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are East Lampeter Township (12%, 2 mi), Lancaster (9%, 7 mi), Manheim Township (6%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ronks without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ronks, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ronks
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.