Kempton vs New Schaefferstown

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

Kempton 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 171 in Kempton). Kempton has the higher median household income ($95,938 vs $66,250 in New Schaefferstown). New Schaefferstown has the higher median home value ($331,800 vs $218,800 in Kempton).

Population, income & housing

	Kempton	New Schaefferstown
Population	171	210
Median age	31.3 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$95,938	$66,250
Median home value	$218,800	$331,800
Median gross rent	$1,143	—
Housing units	69	71
Homeownership rate	79.7%	95.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.1%	13.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kempton	New Schaefferstown
Population	114 → 171 (+50.0%)	135 → 210 (+55.6%)
Median household income	$62,083 → $95,938 (+54.5%)	$72,083 → $66,250 (-8.1%)
Median home value	$181,300 → $218,800 (+20.7%)	$176,800 → $331,800 (+87.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,167 → $1,143 (-2.1%)	—

Kempton

Population

114171

Median household income

$62,083$95,938

Median home value

$181,300$218,800

Median gross rent

$1,167$1,143

New Schaefferstown

Population

135210

Median household income

$72,083$66,250

Median home value

$176,800$331,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kempton	New Schaefferstown
Under 5	6.4%	1.4%
5 to 17	28.1%	14.3%
18 to 24	4.1%	9.0%
25 to 34	15.8%	10.5%
35 to 44	8.2%	9.5%
45 to 54	18.7%	18.1%
55 to 64	7.0%	13.8%
65 to 74	8.2%	12.9%
75 and over	3.5%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kempton	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+

	Kempton	New Schaefferstown
No high school diploma	1.9%	33.5%
High school graduate	25.7%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	14.3%	17.1%
Bachelor's degree	34.3%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	23.8%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kempton	New Schaefferstown
Drove alone	73.5%	73.9%
Carpooled	2.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.2%	21.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.9%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kempton	New Schaefferstown
1-unit, detached	89.9%	90.1%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kempton	New Schaefferstown
Poverty rate	1.2%	0.0%
Average household size	2.90	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	1938	1938