Lenhartsville vs New Schaefferstown

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

Lenhartsville 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 178 in Lenhartsville). Lenhartsville has the higher median household income ($78,125 vs $66,250 in New Schaefferstown). New Schaefferstown has the higher median home value ($331,800 vs $193,800 in Lenhartsville).

Population, income & housing

	Lenhartsville	New Schaefferstown
Population	178	210
Median age	38.0 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$78,125	$66,250
Median home value	$193,800	$331,800
Median gross rent	$986	—
Housing units	81	71
Homeownership rate	58.6%	95.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.2%	13.9%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lenhartsville	New Schaefferstown
Population	173 → 178 (+2.9%)	135 → 210 (+55.6%)
Median household income	$49,167 → $78,125 (+58.9%)	$72,083 → $66,250 (-8.1%)
Median home value	$168,800 → $193,800 (+14.8%)	$176,800 → $331,800 (+87.7%)
Median gross rent	$800 → $986 (+23.3%)	—

Lenhartsville

Population

173178

Median household income

$49,167$78,125

Median home value

$168,800$193,800

Median gross rent

$800$986

New Schaefferstown

Population

135210

Median household income

$72,083$66,250

Median home value

$176,800$331,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lenhartsville	New Schaefferstown
Under 5	6.7%	1.4%
5 to 17	15.7%	14.3%
18 to 24	10.1%	9.0%
25 to 34	15.7%	10.5%
35 to 44	14.0%	9.5%
45 to 54	16.3%	18.1%
55 to 64	10.7%	13.8%
65 to 74	2.8%	12.9%
75 and over	7.9%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lenhartsville	New Schaefferstown
White (non-Hispanic)	98.9%	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	1.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lenhartsville	New Schaefferstown
No high school diploma	5.0%	33.5%
High school graduate	48.3%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	17.5%	17.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.8%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lenhartsville	New Schaefferstown
Drove alone	82.4%	73.9%
Carpooled	6.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	21.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lenhartsville	New Schaefferstown
1-unit, detached	60.5%	90.1%
1-unit, attached	7.4%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	22.2%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lenhartsville	New Schaefferstown
Poverty rate	14.7%	0.0%
Average household size	2.54	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	26	18
Median year structure built	1938	1938