Lake Meade vs McSherrystown

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

Lake Meade 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 2,398 in Lake Meade). Lake Meade has the higher median household income ($110,833 vs $70,890 in McSherrystown). Lake Meade has the higher median home value ($291,900 vs $188,200 in McSherrystown).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Meade	McSherrystown
Population	2,398	3,094
Median age	51.3 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$110,833	$70,890
Median home value	$291,900	$188,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,365
Housing units	1,121	1,269
Homeownership rate	98.2%	51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.3%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Meade	McSherrystown
Population	2,569 → 2,398 (-6.7%)	3,071 → 3,094 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$111,000 → $110,833 (-0.2%)	$50,114 → $70,890 (+41.5%)
Median home value	$230,100 → $291,900 (+26.9%)	$158,200 → $188,200 (+19.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$912 → $1,365 (+49.7%)

Lake Meade

Population

2,5692,398

Median household income

$111,000$110,833

Median home value

$230,100$291,900

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 Meade	McSherrystown
Under 5	3.2%	10.7%
5 to 17	14.3%	15.7%
18 to 24	6.9%	11.1%
25 to 34	9.0%	13.3%
35 to 44	12.0%	10.8%
45 to 54	10.1%	15.0%
55 to 64	21.4%	8.7%
65 to 74	15.0%	7.1%
75 and over	8.2%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Meade	McSherrystown
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	95.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Meade	McSherrystown
No high school diploma	5.0%	7.0%
High school graduate	31.5%	52.2%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	24.7%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Meade	McSherrystown
Drove alone	89.2%	91.1%
Carpooled	1.2%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	1.5%
Other means	0.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Meade	McSherrystown
1-unit, detached	98.8%	58.7%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	21.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	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 Meade	McSherrystown
Poverty rate	3.3%	23.1%
Average household size	2.67	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	34	22
Median year structure built	1987	1972