RonksPA
With 202 residents, it is a town in Pennsylvania.
Is Ronks a good place to live?
38% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Ronks, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 29% and U.S. towns at 29%. Ronks has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
202 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Ronks: who provides what
Ronks 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 Ronks.
Ronks has 0.6 jobs per working resident, so most workers leave town for work
Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in Ronks dropped by 110, to 94. Ronks’ average trip to work is 22 minutes. Half the trips to work are shorter than 10 miles. The top destinations are East Lampeter Township (12%), Lancaster (9%) and Manheim Township (6%).
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and pleasant summers: that is Ronks’ year
Summer afternoons peak near 86° in July, and January nights bottom out around 22°; snowfall runs to about 21 inches a winter. Summers in Ronks are warm, and winters chilly.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Top of a low hazard risk in Ronks: inland flooding
Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in nearly two thirds of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects in Ronks, 64% come from inland flooding and 14% from hurricanes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Ronks stands out in Pennsylvania and nationally: a smaller share of its adults had a checkup this year
This Pennsylvania town does better than the Pennsylvania average on 5 of 26 CDC measures and worse on 3. 9.1% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance in Ronks. Two figures for adults here: 21% binge drink, 8.9% have diabetes.
| Ronks | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 34% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 18% | 16% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 8.9% | 11% | 12% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 76% | 79% | 79% |
| What stands out | Ronks | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with diabetes | 8.9% | 11.6% |
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 6% | 7.4% |
| More uninsured adults | 9.1% | 5.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Young adults are more common in Ronks than in Pennsylvania
Adults 18 to 34 are 27% of residents (22% statewide). Pennsylvania has 35% of adults 25 and older with a bachelor’s degree or more; here it is 38%. 42% never finished high school.
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 41% and 76% women
The Census survey reached too few of Ronks’ residents to say more: its margin here is ±17.5 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Ronks | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 14.4% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 6.4% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 0% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 26.7% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.9% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 15.8% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 7.4% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 7.4% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.9% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 41.9% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 9.4% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 10.6% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 0% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21.9% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 16.3% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 200, single groups can be off by several points
Hersheypark and 60 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Ronks. Close and well known come first.
31 mi Theme parkHersheypark3.0M visitors a year
2 mi Theme parkDutch Wonderland
29 mi GardenLongwood Gardens
3 mi MuseumRailroad Museum of Pennsylvania
11 mi MuseumEphrata Cloister
34 mi MuseumWinterthur Museum, Garden and LibraryPhoto credits
Hersheypark: Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Dutch Wonderland: FlugKerl2, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Longwood Gardens: P. Hughes, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania: Dough4872, Public domain · Ephrata Cloister: 1549bcp at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library: Photo by and (c)2007 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man), CC BY-SA 2.5
Everything we know about Ronks
Colleges nearby
8 within 15 miles of the center of Ronks
About 0 of every 100 Ronks residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
100% of working residents leave Ronks for work
Where Ronks’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Questions about Ronks
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Ronks, PA a good place to live?
Ronks has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.