Falconer vs Lakewood

A side-by-side comparison of Falconer and Lakewood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lakewood has the higher population (2,975 vs 2,103 in Falconer). Lakewood has the higher median household income ($70,962 vs $50,231 in Falconer). Lakewood has the higher median home value ($146,300 vs $85,700 in Falconer).

Population, income & housing

	Falconer	Lakewood
Population	2,103	2,975
Median age	41.9 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,231	$70,962
Median home value	$85,700	$146,300
Median gross rent	$721	$1,132
Housing units	1,090	1,610
Homeownership rate	66.0%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	37.6%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Falconer	Lakewood
Population	2,399 → 2,103 (-12.3%)	2,847 → 2,975 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$40,481 → $50,231 (+24.1%)	$53,882 → $70,962 (+31.7%)
Median home value	$69,900 → $85,700 (+22.6%)	$113,700 → $146,300 (+28.7%)
Median gross rent	$623 → $721 (+15.7%)	$735 → $1,132 (+54.0%)

Falconer

Population

2,3992,103

Median household income

$40,481$50,231

Median home value

$69,900$85,700

Median gross rent

$623$721

Lakewood

Population

2,8472,975

Median household income

$53,882$70,962

Median home value

$113,700$146,300

Median gross rent

$735$1,132

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Falconer	Lakewood
Under 5	4.5%	3.9%
5 to 17	16.6%	17.4%
18 to 24	7.5%	8.8%
25 to 34	11.9%	8.3%
35 to 44	15.1%	11.9%
45 to 54	11.7%	11.9%
55 to 64	17.6%	18.4%
65 to 74	9.1%	11.6%
75 and over	5.9%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Falconer	Lakewood
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	85.0%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.2%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Falconer	Lakewood
No high school diploma	8.1%	5.7%
High school graduate	37.1%	18.6%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	21.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Falconer	Lakewood
Drove alone	82.2%	84.1%
Carpooled	8.3%	5.3%
Public transit	1.2%	0.5%
Walked	3.7%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	9.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Falconer	Lakewood
1-unit, detached	60.3%	70.2%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	24.2%	19.5%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	2.7%
20 or more units	1.6%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Falconer	Lakewood
Poverty rate	16.6%	10.0%
Average household size	2.26	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1948	1957