Schroon Lake vs Willsboro

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

Schroon Lake and Willsboro 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 648 in Willsboro). Schroon Lake has the higher median household income ($67,188 vs $51,250 in Willsboro). Schroon Lake has the higher median home value ($252,200 vs $124,700 in Willsboro).

Population, income & housing

	Schroon Lake	Willsboro
Population	898	648
Median age	44.3 yrs	54.3 yrs
Median household income	$67,188	$51,250
Median home value	$252,200	$124,700
Median gross rent	$659	$686
Housing units	856	347
Homeownership rate	71.8%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.6%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Schroon Lake	Willsboro
Population	769 → 898 (+16.8%)	763 → 648 (-15.1%)
Median household income	$44,375 → $67,188 (+51.4%)	$45,179 → $51,250 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$182,400 → $252,200 (+38.3%)	$121,000 → $124,700 (+3.1%)
Median gross rent	$714 → $659 (-7.7%)	$821 → $686 (-16.4%)

Schroon Lake

Population

769898

Median household income

$44,375$67,188

Median home value

$182,400$252,200

Median gross rent

$714$659

Willsboro

Population

763648

Median household income

$45,179$51,250

Median home value

$121,000$124,700

Median gross rent

$821$686

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Schroon Lake	Willsboro
Under 5	3.3%	3.5%
5 to 17	15.4%	15.4%
18 to 24	7.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.7%	6.0%
35 to 44	16.8%	11.9%
45 to 54	10.5%	17.0%
55 to 64	12.8%	11.3%
65 to 74	14.9%	18.4%
75 and over	10.1%	16.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Schroon Lake	Willsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	95.8%	82.7%
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%	12.8%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Schroon Lake	Willsboro
No high school diploma	5.0%	13.0%
High school graduate	31.5%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	26.1%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Schroon Lake	Willsboro
Drove alone	55.4%	89.1%
Carpooled	5.4%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	30.1%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Schroon Lake	Willsboro
1-unit, detached	72.0%	70.9%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.1%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	6.6%
20 or more units	1.8%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	Schroon Lake	Willsboro
Poverty rate	6.2%	22.4%
Average household size	2.21	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	15	17
Median year structure built	1966	1948