ICYMI: The 100 'Most Redneck' Communities In Pennsylvania

What does it mean to be a redneck?

That’s what RoadSnacks,net, the purveyor of every manner of ranking of ranking of Pennsylvania municipalities in recent weeks, tried to narrow down to a science with their latest list.

We now know the Keystone State’s snobbiest, best, and most dangerous communities. But “redneck” may take the listicle idea to an extreme.

Using a combination of scientific and not-so scientific measurements, the study authors created a list of 100 towns that best fit their subjective criteria.

Their methodology included the following:

• Number of high school graduates
• Number of dive bars per city
• Number of mobile home parks per capita
• Number of tobacco stores per city
• Number of guns and ammo stores per city
• Walmarts, Waffle Houses, Bass Pro Shops, and Dollar Generals nearby

Several communities from Montgomery, Chester, Bucks, and Delaware Counties make the list, even though they are at a disadvantage compared to the rest of the state, because the southeastern corner is the most populous.

Conshohocken led the way for the region with a 14th place ranking.

Some communities on the list seem to defy explanation. Ardmore, for example, at number 52, raised many eyebrows when this list was first published.

The full ranking is below:

1. Washington
2. Mechanicsburg
3. Shippensburg
4. Pittston
5. Chambersburg
6. Lewistown
7. Shrewsbury
8. Sayre
9. Warren
10. Lancaster
11. Stroudsburg
12. East Stroudsburg
13. Shenandoah
14. Conshohocken
15. Media
16. Ambler
17. Hatboro
18. Bridgeville
19. Wyomissing
20. Blue Bell
21. Kutztown
22. Somerset
23. Lewisburg
24. Paoli
25. Enola
26. Kennett Square
27. Dickson City
28. Greensburg
29. Quakertown
30. Phoenixville
31. Collegeville
32. 511430
33. Prospect Park
34. Uniontown
35. Ambridge
36. Connellsville
37. Huntingdon
38. Red Lion
39. New Brighton
40. Fairless Hills
41. Clearfield
42. Latrobe
43. West Chester
44. Greenville
45. Clarks Summit
46. Aliquippa
47. Waynesboro
48. Ephrata
49. Nazareth
50. Oxford
51. Clifton Heights
52. Ardmore
53. Tamaqua
54. Bradford
55. Lehighton
56. Hershey
57. Hanover
58. Pottstown
59. Willow Grove
60. Moosic
61. Exeter
62. Coraopolis
63. Plymouth Meeting
64. Bristol
65. Middletown
66. Whitehall
67. Johnstown
68. Punxsutawney
69. Downingtown
70. Richboro
71. Lebanon
72. Camp Hill
73. Selinsgrove
74. Doylestown
75. Glenside
76. Palmerton
77. Schuylkill Haven
78. Titusville
79. Emmaus
80. Folsom
81. Hellertown
82. New Cumberland
83. Elizabethtown
84. Hazleton
85. Turtle Creek
86. Palmyra
87. Shamokin
88. New Holland
89. Clarion
90. Franklin
91. Hollidaysburg
92. Yeadon
93. Bloomsburg
94. New Kensington
95. Broomall
96. Croydon
97. Horsham
98. Carnegie
99. Souderton

100. Glenolden