Cost of living in Rheems, Pennsylvania
Rheems, Pennsylvania has about 2,426 people. Typical rent is $1,639 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $96,667 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.
Simple answer
Typical rent is $1,639 a month.
Rheems is a Census community, not a separate city government in Pennsylvania. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $96,667 a year.
- People
- 2,426
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $1,639
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $96,667
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $265,400
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $1,553
- Lancaster, PA MSA
Rheems, Pennsylvania has about 2,426 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $265,400.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Lancaster County is $1,553 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Rheems. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.
In the Lancaster, PA metro area, prices sit at 98.3 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.
Pennsylvania taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 6.3% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Rheems's exact store tax.
Some places in Pennsylvania add a local wage tax. In 2023 the state average was about 0.99% of income. That is not a Rheems bill.
In July 2026, a typical Pennsylvania home paid 21.72¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Rheems's bill.
EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for Pennsylvania in the table we use.
Among 873 places we list in Pennsylvania with a rent figure, 97 have higher typical rent than Rheems.
Nearby places
- Elizabethtown
Typical rent $1,174
Compare with Rheems - Maytown
Typical rent $1,712
Compare with Rheems - Mount Joy
Typical rent $1,182
Compare with Rheems - Marietta
Typical rent $1,020
Compare with Rheems - Bainbridge
Typical rent $1,564
Compare with Rheems - Wrightsville
Typical rent $1,052
Compare with Rheems - Columbia
Typical rent $1,075
- Salunga
Typical rent $980
EBT nearby
USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.
Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.
Food stamps (SNAP) tools in Pennsylvania
Bigger places in Pennsylvania
Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.