Lake Erie Beach vs Orchard Park

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

Lake Erie Beach and Orchard Park 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 3,066 in Orchard Park). Orchard Park has the higher median household income ($97,014 vs $57,234 in Lake Erie Beach). Orchard Park has the higher median home value ($371,900 vs $149,300 in Lake Erie Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Erie Beach	Orchard Park
Population	3,247	3,066
Median age	53.3 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$57,234	$97,014
Median home value	$149,300	$371,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,184
Housing units	2,145	1,504
Homeownership rate	96.7%	56.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.4%	62.0%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Erie Beach	Orchard Park
Population	3,562 → 3,247 (-8.8%)	3,148 → 3,066 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$59,211 → $57,234 (-3.3%)	$95,667 → $97,014 (+1.4%)
Median home value	$104,900 → $149,300 (+42.3%)	$238,000 → $371,900 (+56.3%)
Median gross rent	$797 → $880 (+10.4%)	$997 → $1,184 (+18.8%)

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

Orchard Park

Population

3,1483,066

Median household income

$95,667$97,014

Median home value

$238,000$371,900

Median gross rent

$997$1,184

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Erie Beach	Orchard Park
Under 5	4.2%	4.1%
5 to 17	13.7%	14.9%
18 to 24	6.4%	5.4%
25 to 34	7.0%	14.0%
35 to 44	8.3%	9.2%
45 to 54	14.4%	15.6%
55 to 64	22.6%	18.0%
65 to 74	13.4%	11.4%
75 and over	10.1%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Erie Beach	Orchard Park
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	97.5%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	2.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Erie Beach	Orchard Park
No high school diploma	6.3%	1.9%
High school graduate	30.9%	14.5%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	33.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	28.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Erie Beach	Orchard Park
Drove alone	82.5%	81.1%
Carpooled	11.3%	0.8%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	16.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Erie Beach	Orchard Park
1-unit, detached	93.5%	56.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	13.0%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	27.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Lake Erie Beach	Orchard Park
Poverty rate	14.4%	11.9%
Average household size	2.07	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	31	21
Median year structure built	1953	1965