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Ronks, PA

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Overview


Ronks is a tiny town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 391 people and just one neighborhood, Ronks is the 1024th largest community in Pennsylvania. Ronks has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Ronks real estate is some of the most expensive in Pennsylvania, although Ronks house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Ronks is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 45.79% of the Ronks workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Ronks is a town of construction workers and builders, transportation and shipping workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ronks who work in business and financial occupations (14.95%), office and administrative support (14.02%), and food service (13.08%).

Also of interest is that Ronks has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Setting & Lifestyle

Ronks is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Ronks’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

As is often the case in a small town, Ronks doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The citizens of Ronks are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 21.43% of adults in Ronks having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Ronks in 2022 was $25,679, which is low income relative to Pennsylvania, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $102,716 for a family of four. However, Ronks contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Ronks is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Ronks home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ronks residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Ronks include Irish, Polish, German, Lithuanian, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Ronks is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and French Creole.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swiss and German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 8.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Swiss ancestry and 33.6% have German ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 3.4% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.3% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Ronks are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 48.2% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 5.3% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 63.7% of America's neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the neighborhood, 38.8% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 30.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.1%), and 13.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 81.0% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, German/Yiddish and Langs. of India.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Ronks, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (33.6%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (12.7%), and residents who report Swiss roots (8.2%), and some of the residents are also of Puerto Rican ancestry (7.6%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (6.0%), among others. In addition, 10.6% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (39.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (67.0%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (21.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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