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189 people call this town in Pennsylvania home.
No town among the 1,036 in Pennsylvania we compare has a higher share of households owning their home than New Schaefferstown. New Schaefferstown’s density of trails is 1.1 miles per square mile, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 0.4 and U.S. towns at 0.4. New Schaefferstown has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
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July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 21° and about 30 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
In New Schaefferstown, the middle household income is $70,000. The top destinations are Reading (7%), Jackson Township (5%) and Bern Township (3%). For half of commuters, work is under 15 miles away.
| New Schaefferstown | Typical Pennsylvania town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 18 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.1% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $70,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The share of adults in New Schaefferstown who say their health is fair or poor is 17%. The town tracks Pennsylvania closely on all 26 CDC measures. In New Schaefferstown, 39% of adults sleep under 7 hours, and 13% report frequent physical distress.
| New Schaefferstown | Typical Pennsylvania town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 38% | 36% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 14% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 24% | 25% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Of the losses FEMA expects in New Schaefferstown, 60% come from inland flooding and 13% from hurricanes. In New Schaefferstown, the FEMA risk score is 40 of 100.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around New Schaefferstown. Close and well known come first.
28 mi Theme parkHersheypark3.1M visitors a year
35 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
5 mi Park & preserveRoadside America34 mi Theme parkKnoebels Amusement Resort
28 mi Stadium & arenaHersheypark Stadium
28 mi MuseumHershey's Chocolate WorldHersheypark: Epicgenius, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom: Coasterman1234 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Roadside America: Mark Fleisher, President and CEO of Aim Advertising in Lewisburg, PA,, Public domain · Hersheypark Stadium: 45BearsFan, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Hershey's Chocolate World: Phillyfan0419, CC BY-SA 3.0
New Schaefferstown is unincorporated, so Berks County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
3 within 15 miles of the center of New Schaefferstown
About 0 of every 100 New Schaefferstown residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US
New Schaefferstown is a census-designated place in Jefferson Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. It is located five miles to the west of Bernville. As of the 2010 census, the population was 223 residents.
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