Lake Placid vs Wilmington

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

Lake Placid and Wilmington 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 979 in Wilmington). Wilmington has the higher median household income ($91,750 vs $49,556 in Lake Placid). Lake Placid has the higher median home value ($370,700 vs $260,300 in Wilmington).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Placid	Wilmington
Population	2,159	979
Median age	47.9 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$49,556	$91,750
Median home value	$370,700	$260,300
Median gross rent	$966	$1,160
Housing units	2,092	567
Homeownership rate	56.9%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.5%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Placid	Wilmington
Population	2,346 → 2,159 (-8.0%)	775 → 979 (+26.3%)
Median household income	$56,167 → $49,556 (-11.8%)	$61,111 → $91,750 (+50.1%)
Median home value	$275,800 → $370,700 (+34.4%)	$181,300 → $260,300 (+43.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,031 → $966 (-6.3%)	$907 → $1,160 (+27.9%)

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

Wilmington

Population

775979

Median household income

$61,111$91,750

Median home value

$181,300$260,300

Median gross rent

$907$1,160

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Placid	Wilmington
Under 5	2.5%	3.9%
5 to 17	11.9%	11.8%
18 to 24	5.4%	9.1%
25 to 34	18.3%	9.8%
35 to 44	9.3%	17.6%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.0%
55 to 64	18.9%	13.4%
65 to 74	12.6%	12.1%
75 and over	8.9%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Placid	Wilmington
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	97.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
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%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Placid	Wilmington
No high school diploma	4.7%	4.1%
High school graduate	28.3%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree	27.8%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	18.7%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Placid	Wilmington
Drove alone	51.6%	74.1%
Carpooled	9.1%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	19.8%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.0%	14.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Placid	Wilmington
1-unit, detached	49.6%	89.4%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	20.3%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	15.4%	2.6%
20 or more units	7.8%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Lake Placid	Wilmington
Poverty rate	9.7%	2.8%
Average household size	1.70	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	16	27
Median year structure built	1972	1970