Mount Gretna Heights vs Schaefferstown

A side-by-side comparison of Mount Gretna Heights and Schaefferstown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Schaefferstown has the higher population (938 vs 246 in Mount Gretna Heights). Mount Gretna Heights has the higher median household income ($115,625 vs $89,155 in Schaefferstown). Mount Gretna Heights has the higher median home value ($362,000 vs $219,400 in Schaefferstown).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Gretna Heights	Schaefferstown
Population	246	938
Median age	35.6 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$115,625	$89,155
Median home value	$362,000	$219,400
Median gross rent	—	$958
Housing units	260	444
Homeownership rate	94.0%	69.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.2%	9.7%
Unemployment rate	12.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Gretna Heights	Schaefferstown
Population	342 → 246 (-28.1%)	1,118 → 938 (-16.1%)
Median household income	$95,865 → $115,625 (+20.6%)	$76,983 → $89,155 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$214,400 → $362,000 (+68.8%)	$172,500 → $219,400 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$861 → $958 (+11.3%)

Mount Gretna Heights

Population

342246

Median household income

$95,865$115,625

Median home value

$214,400$362,000

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)

	Mount Gretna Heights	Schaefferstown
Under 5	7.7%	3.3%
5 to 17	27.2%	11.1%
18 to 24	11.0%	1.9%
25 to 34	2.8%	31.4%
35 to 44	14.6%	4.2%
45 to 54	12.6%	10.4%
55 to 64	7.7%	16.0%
65 to 74	8.9%	16.0%
75 and over	7.3%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Gretna Heights	Schaefferstown
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	98.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	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+

	Mount Gretna Heights	Schaefferstown
No high school diploma	3.8%	14.4%
High school graduate	3.8%	64.1%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	11.8%
Bachelor's degree	38.3%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	24.8%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Gretna Heights	Schaefferstown
Drove alone	57.0%	92.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.7%
Worked from home	43.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Gretna Heights	Schaefferstown
1-unit, detached	97.7%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	22.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mount Gretna Heights	Schaefferstown
Poverty rate	2.0%	10.1%
Average household size	2.96	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	33	28
Median year structure built	1938	1964