Lake Placid vs Mineville

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Placid and Mineville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake Placid has the higher population (2,159 vs 1,495 in Mineville). Mineville has the higher median household income ($59,661 vs $49,556 in Lake Placid). Lake Placid has the higher median home value ($370,700 vs $110,600 in Mineville).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Placid	Mineville
Population	2,159	1,495
Median age	47.9 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$49,556	$59,661
Median home value	$370,700	$110,600
Median gross rent	$966	—
Housing units	2,092	617
Homeownership rate	56.9%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.5%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Placid	Mineville
Population	2,346 → 2,159 (-8.0%)	1,456 → 1,495 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$56,167 → $49,556 (-11.8%)	$57,782 → $59,661 (+3.3%)
Median home value	$275,800 → $370,700 (+34.4%)	$76,900 → $110,600 (+43.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,031 → $966 (-6.3%)	$715 → $728 (+1.8%)

Lake Placid

Population

2,3462,159

Median household income

$56,167$49,556

Median home value

$275,800$370,700

Median gross rent

$1,031$966

Mineville

Population

1,4561,495

Median household income

$57,782$59,661

Median home value

$76,900$110,600

Median gross rent

$715$728

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Placid	Mineville
Under 5	2.5%	4.3%
5 to 17	11.9%	12.3%
18 to 24	5.4%	10.8%
25 to 34	18.3%	16.5%
35 to 44	9.3%	12.9%
45 to 54	12.2%	7.3%
55 to 64	18.9%	14.1%
65 to 74	12.6%	9.8%
75 and over	8.9%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Placid	Mineville
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	90.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.5%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Placid	Mineville
No high school diploma	4.7%	16.3%
High school graduate	28.3%	47.2%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	20.0%
Bachelor's degree	27.8%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	18.7%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Placid	Mineville
Drove alone	51.6%	74.6%
Carpooled	9.1%	14.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	19.8%	7.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.0%	3.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Placid	Mineville
1-unit, detached	49.6%	52.8%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	12.6%
2 to 4 units	20.3%	12.8%
5 to 19 units	15.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	21.7%

Poverty & households

	Lake Placid	Mineville
Poverty rate	9.7%	20.2%
Average household size	1.70	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	16	30
Median year structure built	1972	1991