Lime Lake vs West Valley

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

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

Lime Lake has the higher population (726 vs 526 in West Valley). West Valley has the higher median household income ($65,000 vs $43,994 in Lime Lake). West Valley has the higher median home value ($111,300 vs $109,000 in Lime Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Lime Lake	West Valley
Population	726	526
Median age	61.3 yrs	56.9 yrs
Median household income	$43,994	$65,000
Median home value	$109,000	$111,300
Median gross rent	$870	—
Housing units	538	218
Homeownership rate	77.4%	87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lime Lake	West Valley
Population	815 → 726 (-10.9%)	561 → 526 (-6.2%)
Median household income	$48,636 → $43,994 (-9.5%)	$63,482 → $65,000 (+2.4%)
Median home value	$134,200 → $109,000 (-18.8%)	$90,000 → $111,300 (+23.7%)
Median gross rent	$738 → $870 (+17.9%)	—

Lime Lake

Population

815726

Median household income

$48,636$43,994

Median home value

$134,200$109,000

Median gross rent

$738$870

West Valley

Population

561526

Median household income

$63,482$65,000

Median home value

$90,000$111,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lime Lake	West Valley
Under 5	0.0%	6.7%
5 to 17	13.5%	11.4%
18 to 24	5.0%	3.2%
25 to 34	7.2%	9.9%
35 to 44	10.1%	2.3%
45 to 54	10.1%	5.5%
55 to 64	11.0%	27.6%
65 to 74	18.3%	8.9%
75 and over	24.9%	24.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lime Lake	West Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	87.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.0%
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	1.4%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lime Lake	West Valley
No high school diploma	8.1%	1.4%
High school graduate	43.4%	50.7%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lime Lake	West Valley
Drove alone	87.2%	90.2%
Carpooled	7.4%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lime Lake	West Valley
1-unit, detached	70.8%	62.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	24.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.7%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Lime Lake	West Valley
Poverty rate	30.4%	8.6%
Average household size	1.93	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	1965	1938