Lake Placid vs Schroon Lake

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

Lake Placid 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.

Lake Placid has the higher population (2,159 vs 898 in Schroon Lake). Schroon Lake has the higher median household income ($67,188 vs $49,556 in Lake Placid). Lake Placid has the higher median home value ($370,700 vs $252,200 in Schroon Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Placid	Schroon Lake
Population	2,159	898
Median age	47.9 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,556	$67,188
Median home value	$370,700	$252,200
Median gross rent	$966	$659
Housing units	2,092	856
Homeownership rate	56.9%	71.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.5%	37.6%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Placid	Schroon Lake
Population	2,346 → 2,159 (-8.0%)	769 → 898 (+16.8%)
Median household income	$56,167 → $49,556 (-11.8%)	$44,375 → $67,188 (+51.4%)
Median home value	$275,800 → $370,700 (+34.4%)	$182,400 → $252,200 (+38.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,031 → $966 (-6.3%)	$714 → $659 (-7.7%)

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

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)

	Lake Placid	Schroon Lake
Under 5	2.5%	3.3%
5 to 17	11.9%	15.4%
18 to 24	5.4%	7.5%
25 to 34	18.3%	8.7%
35 to 44	9.3%	16.8%
45 to 54	12.2%	10.5%
55 to 64	18.9%	12.8%
65 to 74	12.6%	14.9%
75 and over	8.9%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Placid	Schroon Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	95.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.5%	1.2%
Two or more races	1.5%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Placid	Schroon Lake
No high school diploma	4.7%	5.0%
High school graduate	28.3%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	27.8%	26.1%
Graduate or professional degree	18.7%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Placid	Schroon Lake
Drove alone	51.6%	55.4%
Carpooled	9.1%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	19.8%	9.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.0%	30.1%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Placid	Schroon Lake
1-unit, detached	49.6%	72.0%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	20.3%	17.1%
5 to 19 units	15.4%	0.4%
20 or more units	7.8%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Lake Placid	Schroon Lake
Poverty rate	9.7%	6.2%
Average household size	1.70	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	16	15
Median year structure built	1972	1966