New Schaefferstown vs Rehrersburg

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

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

Rehrersburg has the higher population (231 vs 210 in New Schaefferstown). Since 2019, New Schaefferstown's population has grown faster (+55.6% vs +41.7%).

Population, income & housing

	New Schaefferstown	Rehrersburg
Population	210	231
Median age	48.8 yrs	31.4 yrs
Median household income	$66,250	—
Median home value	$331,800	—
Median gross rent	—	$1,099
Housing units	71	122
Homeownership rate	95.8%	51.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	29.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	13.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Schaefferstown	Rehrersburg
Population	135 → 210 (+55.6%)	163 → 231 (+41.7%)
Median household income	$72,083 → $66,250 (-8.1%)	—
Median home value	$176,800 → $331,800 (+87.7%)	$108,600 → $135,800 (+25.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,092 → $1,099 (+0.6%)

New Schaefferstown

Population

135210

Median household income

$72,083$66,250

Median home value

$176,800$331,800

Rehrersburg

Population

163231

Median home value

$108,600$135,800

Median gross rent

$1,092$1,099

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Schaefferstown	Rehrersburg
Under 5	1.4%	10.0%
5 to 17	14.3%	18.6%
18 to 24	9.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.5%	28.6%
35 to 44	9.5%	20.3%
45 to 54	18.1%	13.9%
55 to 64	13.8%	8.7%
65 to 74	12.9%	0.0%
75 and over	10.5%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Schaefferstown	Rehrersburg
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	61.5%
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%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	36.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Schaefferstown	Rehrersburg
No high school diploma	33.5%	10.9%
High school graduate	35.4%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	17.1%	20.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Schaefferstown	Rehrersburg
Drove alone	73.9%	60.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	21.7%	39.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Schaefferstown	Rehrersburg
1-unit, detached	90.1%	43.4%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	30.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	11.5%

Poverty & households

	New Schaefferstown	Rehrersburg
Poverty rate	0.0%	46.8%
Average household size	2.96	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	18	7
Median year structure built	1938	1942