Lime Lake vs Portville

A side-by-side comparison of Lime Lake and Portville: population, income, housing, and more.

Lime Lake and Portville are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Portville has the higher population (915 vs 726 in Lime Lake). Portville has the higher median household income ($59,917 vs $43,994 in Lime Lake). Lime Lake has the higher median home value ($109,000 vs $99,000 in Portville).

Population, income & housing

	Lime Lake	Portville
Population	726	915
Median age	61.3 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$43,994	$59,917
Median home value	$109,000	$99,000
Median gross rent	$870	$590
Housing units	538	430
Homeownership rate	77.4%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lime Lake	Portville
Population	815 → 726 (-10.9%)	983 → 915 (-6.9%)
Median household income	$48,636 → $43,994 (-9.5%)	$47,578 → $59,917 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$134,200 → $109,000 (-18.8%)	$86,800 → $99,000 (+14.1%)
Median gross rent	$738 → $870 (+17.9%)	$625 → $590 (-5.6%)

Lime Lake

Population

815726

Median household income

$48,636$43,994

Median home value

$134,200$109,000

Median gross rent

$738$870

Portville

Population

983915

Median household income

$47,578$59,917

Median home value

$86,800$99,000

Median gross rent

$625$590

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lime Lake	Portville
Under 5	0.0%	1.3%
5 to 17	13.5%	20.7%
18 to 24	5.0%	9.7%
25 to 34	7.2%	2.5%
35 to 44	10.1%	13.2%
45 to 54	10.1%	15.7%
55 to 64	11.0%	14.3%
65 to 74	18.3%	11.9%
75 and over	24.9%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lime Lake	Portville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	91.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	8.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lime Lake	Portville
No high school diploma	8.1%	9.9%
High school graduate	43.4%	26.9%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lime Lake	Portville
Drove alone	87.2%	79.3%
Carpooled	7.4%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lime Lake	Portville
1-unit, detached	70.8%	72.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	15.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.4%
Mobile home & other	27.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lime Lake	Portville
Poverty rate	30.4%	10.2%
Average household size	1.93	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	29	17
Median year structure built	1965	1951