Port Henry vs Schroon Lake

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

Port Henry 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.

Port Henry has the higher population (1,403 vs 898 in Schroon Lake). Schroon Lake has the higher median household income ($67,188 vs $42,895 in Port Henry). Schroon Lake has the higher median home value ($252,200 vs $159,200 in Port Henry).

Population, income & housing

	Port Henry	Schroon Lake
Population	1,403	898
Median age	62.4 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$42,895	$67,188
Median home value	$159,200	$252,200
Median gross rent	—	$659
Housing units	827	856
Homeownership rate	66.5%	71.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	37.6%
Unemployment rate	11.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Port Henry	Schroon Lake
Population	1,179 → 1,403 (+19.0%)	769 → 898 (+16.8%)
Median household income	$39,757 → $42,895 (+7.9%)	$44,375 → $67,188 (+51.4%)
Median home value	$97,800 → $159,200 (+62.8%)	$182,400 → $252,200 (+38.3%)
Median gross rent	$631 → $633 (+0.3%)	$714 → $659 (-7.7%)

Port Henry

Population

1,1791,403

Median household income

$39,757$42,895

Median home value

$97,800$159,200

Median gross rent

$631$633

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)

	Port Henry	Schroon Lake
Under 5	1.3%	3.3%
5 to 17	7.7%	15.4%
18 to 24	3.7%	7.5%
25 to 34	9.3%	8.7%
35 to 44	7.0%	16.8%
45 to 54	4.6%	10.5%
55 to 64	37.4%	12.8%
65 to 74	20.2%	14.9%
75 and over	8.9%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Port Henry	Schroon Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	95.8%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	1.4%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Port Henry	Schroon Lake
No high school diploma	8.3%	5.0%
High school graduate	39.8%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	26.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Port Henry	Schroon Lake
Drove alone	75.8%	55.4%
Carpooled	9.4%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	9.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.1%	30.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Port Henry	Schroon Lake
1-unit, detached	64.1%	72.0%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	20.9%	17.1%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.4%
20 or more units	9.8%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Port Henry	Schroon Lake
Poverty rate	30.6%	6.2%
Average household size	1.83	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	30	15
Median year structure built	1948	1966