Schroon Lake vs Westport

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

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

Schroon Lake has the higher population (898 vs 250 in Westport). Schroon Lake has the higher median household income ($67,188 vs $48,214 in Westport). Schroon Lake has the higher median home value ($252,200 vs $131,300 in Westport).

Population, income & housing

	Schroon Lake	Westport
Population	898	250
Median age	44.3 yrs	61.0 yrs
Median household income	$67,188	$48,214
Median home value	$252,200	$131,300
Median gross rent	$659	$861
Housing units	856	358
Homeownership rate	71.8%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.6%	29.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Schroon Lake	Westport
Population	769 → 898 (+16.8%)	368 → 250 (-32.1%)
Median household income	$44,375 → $67,188 (+51.4%)	$53,250 → $48,214 (-9.5%)
Median home value	$182,400 → $252,200 (+38.3%)	$135,700 → $131,300 (-3.2%)
Median gross rent	$714 → $659 (-7.7%)	$744 → $861 (+15.7%)

Schroon Lake

Population

769898

Median household income

$44,375$67,188

Median home value

$182,400$252,200

Median gross rent

$714$659

Westport

Population

368250

Median household income

$53,250$48,214

Median home value

$135,700$131,300

Median gross rent

$744$861

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Schroon Lake	Westport
Under 5	3.3%	2.4%
5 to 17	15.4%	4.0%
18 to 24	7.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.7%	6.0%
35 to 44	16.8%	10.8%
45 to 54	10.5%	18.8%
55 to 64	12.8%	21.2%
65 to 74	14.9%	16.4%
75 and over	10.1%	20.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Schroon Lake	Westport
White (non-Hispanic)	95.8%	97.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Schroon Lake	Westport
No high school diploma	5.0%	12.0%
High school graduate	31.5%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	26.1%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	21.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Schroon Lake	Westport
Drove alone	55.4%	82.0%
Carpooled	5.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.1%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	30.1%	13.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Schroon Lake	Westport
1-unit, detached	72.0%	86.3%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.1%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	0.8%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Schroon Lake	Westport
Poverty rate	6.2%	36.4%
Average household size	2.21	1.30
Mean commute (minutes)	15	44
Median year structure built	1966	1938