Eden vs Lake Erie Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Eden and Lake Erie Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake Erie Beach has the higher population (3,247 vs 3,164 in Eden). Eden has the higher median household income ($85,707 vs $57,234 in Lake Erie Beach). Eden has the higher median home value ($231,200 vs $149,300 in Lake Erie Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Eden	Lake Erie Beach
Population	3,164	3,247
Median age	47.6 yrs	53.3 yrs
Median household income	$85,707	$57,234
Median home value	$231,200	$149,300
Median gross rent	$812	—
Housing units	1,295	2,145
Homeownership rate	86.1%	96.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	27.4%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eden	Lake Erie Beach
Population	3,311 → 3,164 (-4.4%)	3,562 → 3,247 (-8.8%)
Median household income	$77,115 → $85,707 (+11.1%)	$59,211 → $57,234 (-3.3%)
Median home value	$172,400 → $231,200 (+34.1%)	$104,900 → $149,300 (+42.3%)
Median gross rent	$642 → $812 (+26.5%)	$797 → $880 (+10.4%)

Eden

Population

3,3113,164

Median household income

$77,115$85,707

Median home value

$172,400$231,200

Median gross rent

$642$812

Lake Erie Beach

Population

3,5623,247

Median household income

$59,211$57,234

Median home value

$104,900$149,300

Median gross rent

$797$880

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eden	Lake Erie Beach
Under 5	5.4%	4.2%
5 to 17	16.0%	13.7%
18 to 24	6.9%	6.4%
25 to 34	10.9%	7.0%
35 to 44	8.1%	8.3%
45 to 54	13.7%	14.4%
55 to 64	17.9%	22.6%
65 to 74	11.2%	13.4%
75 and over	10.0%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eden	Lake Erie Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	94.6%
Black or African American	1.6%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	1.6%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eden	Lake Erie Beach
No high school diploma	3.4%	6.3%
High school graduate	33.4%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eden	Lake Erie Beach
Drove alone	81.6%	82.5%
Carpooled	6.0%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.6%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	5.1%
Other means	4.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eden	Lake Erie Beach
1-unit, detached	85.4%	93.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Eden	Lake Erie Beach
Poverty rate	11.5%	14.4%
Average household size	2.43	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	26	31
Median year structure built	1969	1953