Hartsville vs Schaefer Lake

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

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

Hartsville has the higher population (281 vs 245 in Schaefer Lake). Schaefer Lake has the higher median household income ($177,632 vs $66,875 in Hartsville). Schaefer Lake has the higher median home value ($265,800 vs $131,300 in Hartsville).

Population, income & housing

	Hartsville	Schaefer Lake
Population	281	245
Median age	29.6 yrs	63.2 yrs
Median household income	$66,875	$177,632
Median home value	$131,300	$265,800
Median gross rent	$1,031	—
Housing units	112	76
Homeownership rate	81.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	47.1%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hartsville	Schaefer Lake
Population	407 → 281 (-31.0%)	209 → 245 (+17.2%)
Median household income	$62,639 → $66,875 (+6.8%)	$195,000 → $177,632 (-8.9%)
Median home value	$89,000 → $131,300 (+47.5%)	$280,600 → $265,800 (-5.3%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $1,031 (+52.7%)	—

Hartsville

Population

407281

Median household income

$62,639$66,875

Median home value

$89,000$131,300

Median gross rent

$675$1,031

Schaefer Lake

Population

209245

Median household income

$195,000$177,632

Median home value

$280,600$265,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hartsville	Schaefer Lake
Under 5	7.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	26.3%	0.0%
18 to 24	6.0%	9.0%
25 to 34	12.8%	0.0%
35 to 44	16.7%	2.0%
45 to 54	5.3%	16.3%
55 to 64	10.0%	29.0%
65 to 74	10.3%	27.8%
75 and over	5.0%	15.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hartsville	Schaefer Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	98.0%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hartsville	Schaefer Lake
No high school diploma	8.9%	9.4%
High school graduate	46.7%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	13.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	27.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hartsville	Schaefer Lake
Drove alone	81.2%	82.1%
Carpooled	11.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	17.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hartsville	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

	Hartsville	Schaefer Lake
Poverty rate	7.5%	0.0%
Average household size	2.84	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	36	—
Median year structure built	1938	1975