Fredericksburg vs Schaefferstown

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

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

Fredericksburg has the higher population (1,478 vs 938 in Schaefferstown). Fredericksburg has the higher median household income ($91,806 vs $89,155 in Schaefferstown). Fredericksburg has the higher median home value ($221,400 vs $219,400 in Schaefferstown).

Population, income & housing

	Fredericksburg	Schaefferstown
Population	1,478	938
Median age	40.9 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$91,806	$89,155
Median home value	$221,400	$219,400
Median gross rent	$617	$958
Housing units	535	444
Homeownership rate	84.9%	69.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	9.7%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fredericksburg	Schaefferstown
Population	1,726 → 1,478 (-14.4%)	1,118 → 938 (-16.1%)
Median household income	$75,688 → $91,806 (+21.3%)	$76,983 → $89,155 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$153,900 → $221,400 (+43.9%)	$172,500 → $219,400 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$599 → $617 (+3.0%)	$861 → $958 (+11.3%)

Fredericksburg

Population

1,7261,478

Median household income

$75,688$91,806

Median home value

$153,900$221,400

Median gross rent

$599$617

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)

	Fredericksburg	Schaefferstown
Under 5	6.5%	3.3%
5 to 17	15.6%	11.1%
18 to 24	5.5%	1.9%
25 to 34	14.0%	31.4%
35 to 44	13.1%	4.2%
45 to 54	13.9%	10.4%
55 to 64	8.6%	16.0%
65 to 74	14.8%	16.0%
75 and over	8.0%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fredericksburg	Schaefferstown
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	98.7%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fredericksburg	Schaefferstown
No high school diploma	14.5%	14.4%
High school graduate	40.7%	64.1%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	11.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fredericksburg	Schaefferstown
Drove alone	79.6%	92.9%
Carpooled	5.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.7%
Worked from home	3.4%	0.0%
Other means	9.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fredericksburg	Schaefferstown
1-unit, detached	67.5%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	12.5%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	22.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fredericksburg	Schaefferstown
Poverty rate	8.2%	10.1%
Average household size	2.76	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1994	1964