Mount Gretna vs Schaefferstown

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

Mount Gretna 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 197 in Mount Gretna). Mount Gretna has the higher median household income ($108,125 vs $89,155 in Schaefferstown). Mount Gretna has the higher median home value ($373,500 vs $219,400 in Schaefferstown).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Gretna	Schaefferstown
Population	197	938
Median age	65.8 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$108,125	$89,155
Median home value	$373,500	$219,400
Median gross rent	—	$958
Housing units	184	444
Homeownership rate	85.7%	69.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.6%	9.7%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Gretna	Schaefferstown
Population	270 → 197 (-27.0%)	1,118 → 938 (-16.1%)
Median household income	$129,081 → $108,125 (-16.2%)	$76,983 → $89,155 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$316,200 → $373,500 (+18.1%)	$172,500 → $219,400 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$861 → $958 (+11.3%)

Mount Gretna

Population

270197

Median household income

$129,081$108,125

Median home value

$316,200$373,500

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	Schaefferstown
Under 5	0.0%	3.3%
5 to 17	9.6%	11.1%
18 to 24	0.5%	1.9%
25 to 34	3.0%	31.4%
35 to 44	2.5%	4.2%
45 to 54	11.7%	10.4%
55 to 64	20.3%	16.0%
65 to 74	36.5%	16.0%
75 and over	15.7%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Gretna	Schaefferstown
White (non-Hispanic)	98.0%	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	2.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Gretna	Schaefferstown
No high school diploma	2.3%	14.4%
High school graduate	20.9%	64.1%
Some college or associate's	19.2%	11.8%
Bachelor's degree	32.2%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	25.4%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Gretna	Schaefferstown
Drove alone	76.4%	92.9%
Carpooled	4.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.6%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.7%
Worked from home	13.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Gretna	Schaefferstown
1-unit, detached	97.8%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	22.7%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mount Gretna	Schaefferstown
Poverty rate	8.1%	10.1%
Average household size	2.01	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1938	1964