Avon vs Schaefferstown

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

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

Avon has the higher population (1,532 vs 938 in Schaefferstown). Schaefferstown has the higher median household income ($89,155 vs $66,458 in Avon). Schaefferstown has the higher median home value ($219,400 vs $198,200 in Avon).

Population, income & housing

	Avon	Schaefferstown
Population	1,532	938
Median age	48.3 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$66,458	$89,155
Median home value	$198,200	$219,400
Median gross rent	$700	$958
Housing units	701	444
Homeownership rate	76.2%	69.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%	9.7%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avon	Schaefferstown
Population	1,398 → 1,532 (+9.6%)	1,118 → 938 (-16.1%)
Median household income	$65,962 → $66,458 (+0.8%)	$76,983 → $89,155 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$160,900 → $198,200 (+23.2%)	$172,500 → $219,400 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$730 → $700 (-4.1%)	$861 → $958 (+11.3%)

Avon

Population

1,3981,532

Median household income

$65,962$66,458

Median home value

$160,900$198,200

Median gross rent

$730$700

Schaefferstown

Population

1,118938

Median household income

$76,983$89,155

Median home value

$172,500$219,400

Median gross rent

$861$958

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avon	Schaefferstown
Under 5	2.6%	3.3%
5 to 17	17.5%	11.1%
18 to 24	8.0%	1.9%
25 to 34	11.0%	31.4%
35 to 44	6.2%	4.2%
45 to 54	12.2%	10.4%
55 to 64	21.2%	16.0%
65 to 74	10.6%	16.0%
75 and over	10.7%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avon	Schaefferstown
White (non-Hispanic)	77.0%	98.7%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	18.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avon	Schaefferstown
No high school diploma	21.3%	14.4%
High school graduate	54.0%	64.1%
Some college or associate's	15.2%	11.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avon	Schaefferstown
Drove alone	80.6%	92.9%
Carpooled	10.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.7%
Worked from home	9.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avon	Schaefferstown
1-unit, detached	73.5%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	10.8%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	15.7%	22.7%
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

	Avon	Schaefferstown
Poverty rate	4.4%	10.1%
Average household size	2.47	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1970	1964