Baumstown vs New Schaefferstown

A side-by-side comparison of Baumstown and New Schaefferstown: population, income, housing, and more.

Baumstown and New Schaefferstown are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

New Schaefferstown has the higher population (210 vs 194 in Baumstown). Baumstown has the higher median household income ($75,167 vs $66,250 in New Schaefferstown). New Schaefferstown has the higher median home value ($331,800 vs $162,500 in Baumstown).

Population, income & housing

	Baumstown	New Schaefferstown
Population	194	210
Median age	55.5 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$75,167	$66,250
Median home value	$162,500	$331,800
Median gross rent	$1,482	—
Housing units	162	71
Homeownership rate	69.1%	95.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.9%	13.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baumstown	New Schaefferstown
Population	475 → 194 (-59.2%)	135 → 210 (+55.6%)
Median household income	$52,778 → $75,167 (+42.4%)	$72,083 → $66,250 (-8.1%)
Median home value	$113,700 → $162,500 (+42.9%)	$176,800 → $331,800 (+87.7%)
Median gross rent	$858 → $1,482 (+72.7%)	—

Baumstown

Population

475194

Median household income

$52,778$75,167

Median home value

$113,700$162,500

Median gross rent

$858$1,482

New Schaefferstown

Population

135210

Median household income

$72,083$66,250

Median home value

$176,800$331,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baumstown	New Schaefferstown
Under 5	4.1%	1.4%
5 to 17	17.5%	14.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	10.5%
35 to 44	12.4%	9.5%
45 to 54	12.4%	18.1%
55 to 64	38.1%	13.8%
65 to 74	11.9%	12.9%
75 and over	3.6%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baumstown	New Schaefferstown
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	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	5.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baumstown	New Schaefferstown
No high school diploma	11.8%	33.5%
High school graduate	74.3%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	9.9%	17.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baumstown	New Schaefferstown
Drove alone	86.5%	73.9%
Carpooled	8.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	21.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baumstown	New Schaefferstown
1-unit, detached	88.9%	90.1%
1-unit, attached	11.1%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.0%
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

	Baumstown	New Schaefferstown
Poverty rate	12.4%	0.0%
Average household size	1.76	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	40	18
Median year structure built	1946	1938