Lake Erie Beach vs Wanakah

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

Lake Erie Beach and Wanakah 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 3,071 in Wanakah). Wanakah has the higher median household income ($77,482 vs $57,234 in Lake Erie Beach). Wanakah has the higher median home value ($187,200 vs $149,300 in Lake Erie Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Erie Beach	Wanakah
Population	3,247	3,071
Median age	53.3 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$57,234	$77,482
Median home value	$149,300	$187,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,065
Housing units	2,145	1,489
Homeownership rate	96.7%	93.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.4%	32.6%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Erie Beach	Wanakah
Population	3,562 → 3,247 (-8.8%)	3,210 → 3,071 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$59,211 → $57,234 (-3.3%)	$73,125 → $77,482 (+6.0%)
Median home value	$104,900 → $149,300 (+42.3%)	$144,900 → $187,200 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$797 → $880 (+10.4%)	$865 → $1,065 (+23.1%)

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

Wanakah

Population

3,2103,071

Median household income

$73,125$77,482

Median home value

$144,900$187,200

Median gross rent

$865$1,065

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Erie Beach	Wanakah
Under 5	4.2%	4.8%
5 to 17	13.7%	12.2%
18 to 24	6.4%	6.0%
25 to 34	7.0%	12.9%
35 to 44	8.3%	9.4%
45 to 54	14.4%	16.1%
55 to 64	22.6%	17.4%
65 to 74	13.4%	16.7%
75 and over	10.1%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Erie Beach	Wanakah
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	99.1%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Erie Beach	Wanakah
No high school diploma	6.3%	1.2%
High school graduate	30.9%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Erie Beach	Wanakah
Drove alone	82.5%	78.4%
Carpooled	11.3%	0.5%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	16.4%
Other means	0.0%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Erie Beach	Wanakah
1-unit, detached	93.5%	88.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Erie Beach	Wanakah
Poverty rate	14.4%	7.6%
Average household size	2.07	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	31	22
Median year structure built	1953	1955