Chateaugay vs Tupper Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Chateaugay and Tupper Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Tupper Lake has the higher population (3,072 vs 798 in Chateaugay). Chateaugay has the higher median household income ($78,750 vs $54,613 in Tupper Lake). Chateaugay has the higher median home value ($122,100 vs $106,300 in Tupper Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Chateaugay	Tupper Lake
Population	798	3,072
Median age	39.9 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$78,750	$54,613
Median home value	$122,100	$106,300
Median gross rent	$865	$633
Housing units	398	1,985
Homeownership rate	72.1%	64.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.6%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chateaugay	Tupper Lake
Population	745 → 798 (+7.1%)	3,797 → 3,072 (-19.1%)
Median household income	$44,453 → $78,750 (+77.2%)	$53,202 → $54,613 (+2.7%)
Median home value	$83,900 → $122,100 (+45.5%)	$88,500 → $106,300 (+20.1%)
Median gross rent	$672 → $865 (+28.7%)	$488 → $633 (+29.7%)

Chateaugay

Population

745798

Median household income

$44,453$78,750

Median home value

$83,900$122,100

Median gross rent

$672$865

Tupper Lake

Population

3,7973,072

Median household income

$53,202$54,613

Median home value

$88,500$106,300

Median gross rent

$488$633

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chateaugay	Tupper Lake
Under 5	3.9%	3.5%
5 to 17	18.2%	14.2%
18 to 24	10.0%	4.5%
25 to 34	9.1%	15.5%
35 to 44	12.0%	10.1%
45 to 54	12.3%	11.3%
55 to 64	20.8%	15.4%
65 to 74	5.8%	15.2%
75 and over	7.9%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chateaugay	Tupper Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	95.1%
Black or African American	12.2%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chateaugay	Tupper Lake
No high school diploma	10.9%	11.8%
High school graduate	36.5%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chateaugay	Tupper Lake
Drove alone	86.4%	72.7%
Carpooled	9.2%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	10.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chateaugay	Tupper Lake
1-unit, detached	71.1%	66.3%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	14.1%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	12.3%
20 or more units	2.0%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Chateaugay	Tupper Lake
Poverty rate	20.6%	22.0%
Average household size	2.38	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	28	14
Median year structure built	1938	1951