Malone vs Tupper Lake

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

Malone 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.

Malone has the higher population (5,466 vs 3,072 in Tupper Lake). Malone has the higher median household income ($59,489 vs $54,613 in Tupper Lake). Tupper Lake has the higher median home value ($106,300 vs $103,500 in Malone).

Population, income & housing

	Malone	Tupper Lake
Population	5,466	3,072
Median age	43.6 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$59,489	$54,613
Median home value	$103,500	$106,300
Median gross rent	$793	$633
Housing units	3,140	1,985
Homeownership rate	50.7%	64.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.9%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Malone	Tupper Lake
Population	5,659 → 5,466 (-3.4%)	3,797 → 3,072 (-19.1%)
Median household income	$39,722 → $59,489 (+49.8%)	$53,202 → $54,613 (+2.7%)
Median home value	$83,600 → $103,500 (+23.8%)	$88,500 → $106,300 (+20.1%)
Median gross rent	$741 → $793 (+7.0%)	$488 → $633 (+29.7%)

Malone

Population

5,6595,466

Median household income

$39,722$59,489

Median home value

$83,600$103,500

Median gross rent

$741$793

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)

	Malone	Tupper Lake
Under 5	6.7%	3.5%
5 to 17	11.6%	14.2%
18 to 24	7.2%	4.5%
25 to 34	13.1%	15.5%
35 to 44	13.3%	10.1%
45 to 54	15.7%	11.3%
55 to 64	11.4%	15.4%
65 to 74	13.2%	15.2%
75 and over	7.8%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Malone	Tupper Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	95.1%
Black or African American	1.8%	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	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Malone	Tupper Lake
No high school diploma	7.8%	11.8%
High school graduate	32.6%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Malone	Tupper Lake
Drove alone	72.5%	72.7%
Carpooled	5.0%	10.9%
Public transit	2.8%	0.0%
Walked	8.0%	10.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	5.5%
Other means	3.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Malone	Tupper Lake
1-unit, detached	53.7%	66.3%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	28.3%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	12.3%
20 or more units	2.8%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Malone	Tupper Lake
Poverty rate	14.3%	22.0%
Average household size	1.99	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	13	14
Median year structure built	1938	1951