Schaefer Lake vs Walesboro

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

Schaefer Lake and Walesboro 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 233 in Walesboro). Schaefer Lake has the higher median household income ($177,632 vs $83,663 in Walesboro). Schaefer Lake has the higher median home value ($265,800 vs $198,700 in Walesboro).

Population, income & housing

	Schaefer Lake	Walesboro
Population	245	233
Median age	63.2 yrs	23.9 yrs
Median household income	$177,632	$83,663
Median home value	$265,800	$198,700
Housing units	76	157
Homeownership rate	100.0%	58.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.1%	56.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Schaefer Lake	Walesboro
Population	209 → 245 (+17.2%)	314 → 233 (-25.8%)
Median household income	$195,000 → $177,632 (-8.9%)	$46,786 → $83,663 (+78.8%)
Median home value	$280,600 → $265,800 (-5.3%)	$133,300 → $198,700 (+49.1%)

Schaefer Lake

Population

209245

Median household income

$195,000$177,632

Median home value

$280,600$265,800

Walesboro

Population

314233

Median household income

$46,786$83,663

Median home value

$133,300$198,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Schaefer Lake	Walesboro
Under 5	0.0%	11.6%
5 to 17	0.0%	2.1%
18 to 24	9.0%	42.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	24.9%
35 to 44	2.0%	5.2%
45 to 54	16.3%	0.0%
55 to 64	29.0%	13.7%
65 to 74	27.8%	0.0%
75 and over	15.9%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Schaefer Lake	Walesboro
White (non-Hispanic)	98.0%	100.0%
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	2.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Schaefer Lake	Walesboro
No high school diploma	9.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	30.5%	11.8%
Some college or associate's	13.0%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	28.4%
Graduate or professional degree	27.8%	28.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Schaefer Lake	Walesboro
Drove alone	82.1%	84.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.9%	15.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Schaefer Lake	Walesboro
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

	Schaefer Lake	Walesboro
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.34	2.24
Median year structure built	1975	1938