Schaefferstown vs Timber Hills

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

Schaefferstown and Timber Hills 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 295 in Timber Hills). Timber Hills has the higher median household income ($134,063 vs $89,155 in Schaefferstown). Timber Hills has the higher median home value ($349,000 vs $219,400 in Schaefferstown).

Population, income & housing

	Schaefferstown	Timber Hills
Population	938	295
Median age	42.7 yrs	65.1 yrs
Median household income	$89,155	$134,063
Median home value	$219,400	$349,000
Median gross rent	$958	—
Housing units	444	87
Homeownership rate	69.1%	85.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.7%	90.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Schaefferstown	Timber Hills
Population	1,118 → 938 (-16.1%)	679 → 295 (-56.6%)
Median household income	$76,983 → $89,155 (+15.8%)	$121,469 → $134,063 (+10.4%)
Median home value	$172,500 → $219,400 (+27.2%)	$242,800 → $349,000 (+43.7%)
Median gross rent	$861 → $958 (+11.3%)	—

Schaefferstown

Population

1,118938

Median household income

$76,983$89,155

Median home value

$172,500$219,400

Median gross rent

$861$958

Timber Hills

Population

679295

Median household income

$121,469$134,063

Median home value

$242,800$349,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Schaefferstown	Timber Hills
Under 5	3.3%	16.6%
5 to 17	11.1%	0.0%
18 to 24	1.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	31.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	4.2%	28.5%
45 to 54	10.4%	0.0%
55 to 64	16.0%	4.1%
65 to 74	16.0%	47.5%
75 and over	5.7%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Schaefferstown	Timber Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	98.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	1.3%	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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Schaefferstown	Timber Hills
No high school diploma	14.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	64.1%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	11.8%	9.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	80.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Schaefferstown	Timber Hills
Drove alone	92.9%	0.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	35.3%
Other means	0.0%	64.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Schaefferstown	Timber Hills
1-unit, detached	69.6%	85.1%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	22.7%	14.9%
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

	Schaefferstown	Timber Hills
Poverty rate	10.1%	0.0%
Average household size	2.25	3.39
Mean commute (minutes)	28	—
Median year structure built	1964	1976