Schroon Lake vs Wilmington

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

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

Wilmington has the higher population (979 vs 898 in Schroon Lake). Wilmington has the higher median household income ($91,750 vs $67,188 in Schroon Lake). Wilmington has the higher median home value ($260,300 vs $252,200 in Schroon Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Schroon Lake	Wilmington
Population	898	979
Median age	44.3 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$67,188	$91,750
Median home value	$252,200	$260,300
Median gross rent	$659	$1,160
Housing units	856	567
Homeownership rate	71.8%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.6%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Schroon Lake	Wilmington
Population	769 → 898 (+16.8%)	775 → 979 (+26.3%)
Median household income	$44,375 → $67,188 (+51.4%)	$61,111 → $91,750 (+50.1%)
Median home value	$182,400 → $252,200 (+38.3%)	$181,300 → $260,300 (+43.6%)
Median gross rent	$714 → $659 (-7.7%)	$907 → $1,160 (+27.9%)

Schroon Lake

Population

769898

Median household income

$44,375$67,188

Median home value

$182,400$252,200

Median gross rent

$714$659

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)

	Schroon Lake	Wilmington
Under 5	3.3%	3.9%
5 to 17	15.4%	11.8%
18 to 24	7.5%	9.1%
25 to 34	8.7%	9.8%
35 to 44	16.8%	17.6%
45 to 54	10.5%	12.0%
55 to 64	12.8%	13.4%
65 to 74	14.9%	12.1%
75 and over	10.1%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Schroon Lake	Wilmington
White (non-Hispanic)	95.8%	97.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
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%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Schroon Lake	Wilmington
No high school diploma	5.0%	4.1%
High school graduate	31.5%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree	26.1%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Schroon Lake	Wilmington
Drove alone	55.4%	74.1%
Carpooled	5.4%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.1%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	30.1%	14.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Schroon Lake	Wilmington
1-unit, detached	72.0%	89.4%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.1%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	2.6%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Schroon Lake	Wilmington
Poverty rate	6.2%	2.8%
Average household size	2.21	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	15	27
Median year structure built	1966	1970