Harrison Lake vs Schaefer Lake

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

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

Schaefer Lake has the higher population (245 vs 193 in Harrison Lake). Harrison Lake has the higher median home value ($788,200 vs $265,800 in Schaefer Lake). Since 2019, Schaefer Lake's population has grown faster (+17.2% vs -24.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Harrison Lake	Schaefer Lake
Population	193	245
Median age	73.9 yrs	63.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$177,632
Median home value	$788,200	$265,800
Housing units	160	76
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	83.9%	47.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harrison Lake	Schaefer Lake
Population	254 → 193 (-24.0%)	209 → 245 (+17.2%)
Median household income	—	$195,000 → $177,632 (-8.9%)
Median home value	$612,200 → $788,200 (+28.7%)	$280,600 → $265,800 (-5.3%)

Harrison Lake

Population

254193

Median home value

$612,200$788,200

Schaefer Lake

Population

209245

Median household income

$195,000$177,632

Median home value

$280,600$265,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harrison Lake	Schaefer Lake
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	2.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	16.3%
55 to 64	12.4%	29.0%
65 to 74	48.2%	27.8%
75 and over	39.4%	15.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harrison Lake	Schaefer Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	98.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harrison Lake	Schaefer Lake
No high school diploma	0.0%	9.4%
High school graduate	6.2%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	9.8%	13.0%
Bachelor's degree	32.6%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	51.3%	27.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harrison Lake	Schaefer Lake
Drove alone	100.0%	82.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	17.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harrison Lake	Schaefer Lake
1-unit, detached	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Harrison Lake	Schaefer Lake
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	1.99	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	19	—
Median year structure built	1958	1975