Lake Heritage vs McSherrystown

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Heritage and McSherrystown: population, income, housing, and more.

Lake Heritage and McSherrystown are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

McSherrystown has the higher population (3,094 vs 2,737 in Lake Heritage). Lake Heritage has the higher median household income ($133,011 vs $70,890 in McSherrystown). Lake Heritage has the higher median home value ($300,200 vs $188,200 in McSherrystown).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Heritage	McSherrystown
Population	2,737	3,094
Median age	48.4 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$133,011	$70,890
Median home value	$300,200	$188,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,365
Housing units	1,098	1,269
Homeownership rate	96.7%	51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.0%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Heritage	McSherrystown
Population	2,367 → 2,737 (+15.6%)	3,071 → 3,094 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$91,439 → $133,011 (+45.5%)	$50,114 → $70,890 (+41.5%)
Median home value	$253,600 → $300,200 (+18.4%)	$158,200 → $188,200 (+19.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$912 → $1,365 (+49.7%)

Lake Heritage

Population

2,3672,737

Median household income

$91,439$133,011

Median home value

$253,600$300,200

McSherrystown

Population

3,0713,094

Median household income

$50,114$70,890

Median home value

$158,200$188,200

Median gross rent

$912$1,365

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Heritage	McSherrystown
Under 5	5.6%	10.7%
5 to 17	12.2%	15.7%
18 to 24	6.1%	11.1%
25 to 34	5.8%	13.3%
35 to 44	15.1%	10.8%
45 to 54	13.6%	15.0%
55 to 64	16.5%	8.7%
65 to 74	20.7%	7.1%
75 and over	4.5%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Heritage	McSherrystown
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	95.0%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Heritage	McSherrystown
No high school diploma	3.7%	7.0%
High school graduate	19.2%	52.2%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	33.9%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	22.1%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Heritage	McSherrystown
Drove alone	89.4%	91.1%
Carpooled	3.2%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.1%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	1.5%
Other means	0.1%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Heritage	McSherrystown
1-unit, detached	97.2%	58.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	21.7%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Heritage	McSherrystown
Poverty rate	3.4%	23.1%
Average household size	2.64	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1983	1972