Dryville vs New Schaefferstown

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

Dryville 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 198 in Dryville). New Schaefferstown has the higher median home value ($331,800 vs $226,700 in Dryville). Since 2019, New Schaefferstown's population has grown faster (+55.6% vs -23.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Dryville	New Schaefferstown
Population	198	210
Median age	60.0 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$66,250
Median home value	$226,700	$331,800
Housing units	87	71
Homeownership rate	92.0%	95.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	13.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dryville	New Schaefferstown
Population	257 → 198 (-23.0%)	135 → 210 (+55.6%)
Median household income	—	$72,083 → $66,250 (-8.1%)
Median home value	$174,600 → $226,700 (+29.8%)	$176,800 → $331,800 (+87.7%)

Dryville

Population

257198

Median home value

$174,600$226,700

New Schaefferstown

Population

135210

Median household income

$72,083$66,250

Median home value

$176,800$331,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dryville	New Schaefferstown
Under 5	0.0%	1.4%
5 to 17	3.5%	14.3%
18 to 24	12.6%	9.0%
25 to 34	11.1%	10.5%
35 to 44	8.1%	9.5%
45 to 54	0.0%	18.1%
55 to 64	30.3%	13.8%
65 to 74	14.6%	12.9%
75 and over	19.7%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dryville	New Schaefferstown
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	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	10.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dryville	New Schaefferstown
No high school diploma	9.6%	33.5%
High school graduate	49.4%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	17.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dryville	New Schaefferstown
Drove alone	84.2%	73.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.9%	21.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dryville	New Schaefferstown
1-unit, detached	92.0%	90.1%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	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

	Dryville	New Schaefferstown
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.28	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	16	18
Median year structure built	1965	1938