Bowers vs New Schaefferstown

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

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

Bowers has the higher population (236 vs 210 in New Schaefferstown). New Schaefferstown has the higher median home value ($331,800 vs $254,200 in Bowers). Since 2019, New Schaefferstown's population has grown faster (+55.6% vs -0.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Bowers	New Schaefferstown
Population	236	210
Median age	58.9 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$66,250
Median home value	$254,200	$331,800
Housing units	111	71
Homeownership rate	100.0%	95.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.5%	13.9%
Unemployment rate	10.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowers	New Schaefferstown
Population	238 → 236 (-0.8%)	135 → 210 (+55.6%)
Median household income	$89,306 → $86,250 (-3.4%)	$72,083 → $66,250 (-8.1%)
Median home value	$187,500 → $254,200 (+35.6%)	$176,800 → $331,800 (+87.7%)

Bowers

Population

238236

Median household income

$89,306$86,250

Median home value

$187,500$254,200

New Schaefferstown

Population

135210

Median household income

$72,083$66,250

Median home value

$176,800$331,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowers	New Schaefferstown
Under 5	11.4%	1.4%
5 to 17	3.0%	14.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.0%
25 to 34	3.8%	10.5%
35 to 44	25.0%	9.5%
45 to 54	3.0%	18.1%
55 to 64	19.1%	13.8%
65 to 74	27.5%	12.9%
75 and over	7.2%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowers	New Schaefferstown
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowers	New Schaefferstown
No high school diploma	0.0%	33.5%
High school graduate	68.3%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	17.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowers	New Schaefferstown
Drove alone	100.0%	73.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	21.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowers	New Schaefferstown
1-unit, detached	73.9%	90.1%
1-unit, attached	26.1%	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

	Bowers	New Schaefferstown
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.78	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	31	18
Median year structure built	1961	1938