Schaefferstown
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Schaefferstown is a census-designated place located in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.
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[edit] General information
Population (year 2000): 984 Males: 490 (49.8%), Females: 494 (50.2%)
Elevation: 574 feet
County: Lebanon
Land area: 2.7 square miles
Zip code: 17088
Area code: 717
[edit] Demographics
- Median resident age: 39.4 years
- Median household income: $43,542 (year 2000)
- Median house value: $102,300 (year 2000)
[edit] Race and ancestry
- White Non-Hispanic (99.1%)
- Black (0.5%)
Ancestries: German (52.5%), Irish (7.2%), United States (6.6%), Russian (5.3%), English (4.0%), Scotch-Irish (3.2%).
5.3% Foreign born (5.3% Europe).
[edit] Education
For population 25 years and over in Schaefferstown
- High school or higher: 76.4%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 13.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 2.9%
- Unemployed: 0.9%
- Mean travel time to work: 29.5 minutes
[edit] Marital status
For population 15 years and over in Schaefferstown CDP
- Never married: 19.4%
- Now married: 62.3%
- Separated: 0.9%
- Widowed: 9.8%
- Divorced: 7.5%
[edit] Industries providing employment
- Manufacturing (26.7%)
- Educational,health and social services (18.2%).
[edit] Relation to surrounding cities
- Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Lancaster, PA (17.6 miles, pop. 56,348).
- Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Baltimore, MD (71.7 miles, pop. 651,154).
- Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (81.7 miles, pop. 1,517,550).
- Nearest cities: Richland, PA (5.0 miles), Brickerville, PA (5.1 miles), Myerstown, PA (5.4 miles), Newmanstown, PA (6.9 miles), Avon, PA (7.2 miles), Cornwall, PA (8.1 miles), Lebanon South, PA (8.3 miles), Womelsdorf, PA (8.8 miles).
[edit] Relation to Pennsylvania state average
- Unemployed percentage significantly below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age above state average.
- Renting percentage below state average.
- Length of stay since moving in significantly above state average.
- Number of rooms per house above state average.
- House age significantly above state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.
- Population density below state average for cities.
