Elizabethtown vs Schaefer Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Elizabethtown and Schaefer Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Elizabethtown and Schaefer Lake are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Elizabethtown has the higher population (283 vs 245 in Schaefer Lake). Schaefer Lake has the higher median household income ($177,632 vs $65,625 in Elizabethtown). Schaefer Lake has the higher median home value ($265,800 vs $117,500 in Elizabethtown).

Population, income & housing

	Elizabethtown	Schaefer Lake
Population	283	245
Median age	47.3 yrs	63.2 yrs
Median household income	$65,625	$177,632
Median home value	$117,500	$265,800
Median gross rent	$747	—
Housing units	150	76
Homeownership rate	60.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.6%	47.1%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elizabethtown	Schaefer Lake
Population	538 → 283 (-47.4%)	209 → 245 (+17.2%)
Median household income	$47,813 → $65,625 (+37.3%)	$195,000 → $177,632 (-8.9%)
Median home value	$77,800 → $117,500 (+51.0%)	$280,600 → $265,800 (-5.3%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $747 (-3.6%)	—

Elizabethtown

Population

538283

Median household income

$47,813$65,625

Median home value

$77,800$117,500

Median gross rent

$775$747

Schaefer Lake

Population

209245

Median household income

$195,000$177,632

Median home value

$280,600$265,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elizabethtown	Schaefer Lake
Under 5	4.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	8.1%	9.0%
25 to 34	8.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	14.1%	2.0%
45 to 54	22.3%	16.3%
55 to 64	13.4%	29.0%
65 to 74	12.0%	27.8%
75 and over	5.3%	15.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elizabethtown	Schaefer Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	74.2%	98.0%
Black or African American	14.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.9%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elizabethtown	Schaefer Lake
No high school diploma	15.0%	9.4%
High school graduate	38.0%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	41.3%	13.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	27.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elizabethtown	Schaefer Lake
Drove alone	75.2%	82.1%
Carpooled	15.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	17.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elizabethtown	Schaefer Lake
1-unit, detached	58.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	41.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elizabethtown	Schaefer Lake
Poverty rate	16.9%	0.0%
Average household size	2.26	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	25	—
Median year structure built	1968	1975