Schroon Lake vs Witherbee

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

Schroon Lake and Witherbee 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 190 in Witherbee). Schroon Lake has the higher median household income ($67,188 vs $41,089 in Witherbee). Since 2019, Schroon Lake's population has grown faster (+16.8% vs -25.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Schroon Lake	Witherbee
Population	898	190
Median age	44.3 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$67,188	$41,089
Median home value	$252,200	—
Median gross rent	$659	—
Housing units	856	133
Homeownership rate	71.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.6%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Schroon Lake	Witherbee
Population	769 → 898 (+16.8%)	256 → 190 (-25.8%)
Median household income	$44,375 → $67,188 (+51.4%)	$65,436 → $41,089 (-37.2%)
Median home value	$182,400 → $252,200 (+38.3%)	—
Median gross rent	$714 → $659 (-7.7%)	—

Schroon Lake

Population

769898

Median household income

$44,375$67,188

Median home value

$182,400$252,200

Median gross rent

$714$659

Witherbee

Population

256190

Median household income

$65,436$41,089

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Schroon Lake	Witherbee
Under 5	3.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.4%	43.7%
18 to 24	7.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.7%	1.6%
35 to 44	16.8%	15.8%
45 to 54	10.5%	15.8%
55 to 64	12.8%	13.2%
65 to 74	14.9%	0.0%
75 and over	10.1%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Schroon Lake	Witherbee
White (non-Hispanic)	95.8%	87.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	6.8%
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%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Schroon Lake	Witherbee
No high school diploma	5.0%	17.8%
High school graduate	31.5%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	26.1%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Schroon Lake	Witherbee
Drove alone	55.4%	37.0%
Carpooled	5.4%	63.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	30.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Schroon Lake	Witherbee
1-unit, detached	72.0%	45.9%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.1%	27.1%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	27.1%

Poverty & households

	Schroon Lake	Witherbee
Poverty rate	6.2%	6.8%
Average household size	2.21	3.22
Mean commute (minutes)	15	—
Median year structure built	1966	1947