Elizabethtown vs Schroon Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Elizabethtown and Schroon Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Schroon Lake has the higher population (898 vs 662 in Elizabethtown). Elizabethtown has the higher median household income ($68,214 vs $67,188 in Schroon Lake). Schroon Lake has the higher median home value ($252,200 vs $178,600 in Elizabethtown).

Population, income & housing

	Elizabethtown	Schroon Lake
Population	662	898
Median age	57.4 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$68,214	$67,188
Median home value	$178,600	$252,200
Median gross rent	$698	$659
Housing units	345	856
Homeownership rate	72.8%	71.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3%	37.6%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elizabethtown	Schroon Lake
Population	631 → 662 (+4.9%)	769 → 898 (+16.8%)
Median household income	$65,789 → $68,214 (+3.7%)	$44,375 → $67,188 (+51.4%)
Median home value	$171,800 → $178,600 (+4.0%)	$182,400 → $252,200 (+38.3%)
Median gross rent	$756 → $698 (-7.7%)	$714 → $659 (-7.7%)

Elizabethtown

Population

631662

Median household income

$65,789$68,214

Median home value

$171,800$178,600

Median gross rent

$756$698

Schroon Lake

Population

769898

Median household income

$44,375$67,188

Median home value

$182,400$252,200

Median gross rent

$714$659

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elizabethtown	Schroon Lake
Under 5	7.3%	3.3%
5 to 17	2.3%	15.4%
18 to 24	2.6%	7.5%
25 to 34	17.1%	8.7%
35 to 44	5.7%	16.8%
45 to 54	9.8%	10.5%
55 to 64	14.7%	12.8%
65 to 74	19.9%	14.9%
75 and over	20.7%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elizabethtown	Schroon Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	95.8%
Black or African American	6.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	1.1%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elizabethtown	Schroon Lake
No high school diploma	7.6%	5.0%
High school graduate	34.7%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	26.1%
Graduate or professional degree	15.5%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elizabethtown	Schroon Lake
Drove alone	65.8%	55.4%
Carpooled	3.0%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.2%	9.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.1%	30.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elizabethtown	Schroon Lake
1-unit, detached	69.0%	72.0%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	17.1%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	0.4%
20 or more units	1.2%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	10.4%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Elizabethtown	Schroon Lake
Poverty rate	14.9%	6.2%
Average household size	1.79	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	13	15
Median year structure built	1952	1966