Eden vs Highland-on-the-Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Eden and Highland-on-the-Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Eden and Highland-on-the-Lake are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Highland-on-the-Lake has the higher population (3,701 vs 3,164 in Eden). Eden has the higher median household income ($85,707 vs $85,616 in Highland-on-the-Lake). Eden has the higher median home value ($231,200 vs $168,400 in Highland-on-the-Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Eden	Highland-on-the-Lake
Population	3,164	3,701
Median age	47.6 yrs	50.7 yrs
Median household income	$85,707	$85,616
Median home value	$231,200	$168,400
Median gross rent	$812	$1,012
Housing units	1,295	1,592
Homeownership rate	86.1%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eden	Highland-on-the-Lake
Population	3,311 → 3,164 (-4.4%)	3,953 → 3,701 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$77,115 → $85,707 (+11.1%)	$75,028 → $85,616 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$172,400 → $231,200 (+34.1%)	$138,100 → $168,400 (+21.9%)
Median gross rent	$642 → $812 (+26.5%)	$784 → $1,012 (+29.1%)

Eden

Population

3,3113,164

Median household income

$77,115$85,707

Median home value

$172,400$231,200

Median gross rent

$642$812

Highland-on-the-Lake

Population

3,9533,701

Median household income

$75,028$85,616

Median home value

$138,100$168,400

Median gross rent

$784$1,012

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eden	Highland-on-the-Lake
Under 5	5.4%	3.8%
5 to 17	16.0%	6.2%
18 to 24	6.9%	4.7%
25 to 34	10.9%	13.2%
35 to 44	8.1%	8.7%
45 to 54	13.7%	16.9%
55 to 64	17.9%	25.0%
65 to 74	11.2%	12.1%
75 and over	10.0%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eden	Highland-on-the-Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	94.5%
Black or African American	1.6%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.4%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eden	Highland-on-the-Lake
No high school diploma	3.4%	5.5%
High school graduate	33.4%	41.7%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eden	Highland-on-the-Lake
Drove alone	81.6%	85.2%
Carpooled	6.0%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.6%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	5.3%
Other means	4.4%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eden	Highland-on-the-Lake
1-unit, detached	85.4%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	10.6%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	12.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Eden	Highland-on-the-Lake
Poverty rate	11.5%	18.0%
Average household size	2.43	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1969	1973