Lake Placid vs Ticonderoga

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

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

Ticonderoga has the higher population (3,375 vs 2,159 in Lake Placid). Ticonderoga has the higher median household income ($51,324 vs $49,556 in Lake Placid). Lake Placid has the higher median home value ($370,700 vs $152,000 in Ticonderoga).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Placid	Ticonderoga
Population	2,159	3,375
Median age	47.9 yrs	48.5 yrs
Median household income	$49,556	$51,324
Median home value	$370,700	$152,000
Median gross rent	$966	$829
Housing units	2,092	1,703
Homeownership rate	56.9%	60.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.5%	23.8%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Placid	Ticonderoga
Population	2,346 → 2,159 (-8.0%)	3,236 → 3,375 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$56,167 → $49,556 (-11.8%)	$48,276 → $51,324 (+6.3%)
Median home value	$275,800 → $370,700 (+34.4%)	$116,200 → $152,000 (+30.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,031 → $966 (-6.3%)	$729 → $829 (+13.7%)

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

Ticonderoga

Population

3,2363,375

Median household income

$48,276$51,324

Median home value

$116,200$152,000

Median gross rent

$729$829

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Placid	Ticonderoga
Under 5	2.5%	9.7%
5 to 17	11.9%	11.0%
18 to 24	5.4%	4.0%
25 to 34	18.3%	14.4%
35 to 44	9.3%	6.2%
45 to 54	12.2%	17.5%
55 to 64	18.9%	12.1%
65 to 74	12.6%	13.5%
75 and over	8.9%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Placid	Ticonderoga
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	98.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Placid	Ticonderoga
No high school diploma	4.7%	12.0%
High school graduate	28.3%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	27.8%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	18.7%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Placid	Ticonderoga
Drove alone	51.6%	57.4%
Carpooled	9.1%	16.6%
Public transit	0.0%	2.8%
Walked	19.8%	6.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	19.0%	14.2%
Other means	0.4%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Placid	Ticonderoga
1-unit, detached	49.6%	72.8%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	20.3%	12.0%
5 to 19 units	15.4%	11.8%
20 or more units	7.8%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Lake Placid	Ticonderoga
Poverty rate	9.7%	19.9%
Average household size	1.70	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	16	18
Median year structure built	1972	1940