Broadalbin vs Caroga Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Broadalbin and Caroga Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Broadalbin has the higher population (1,800 vs 496 in Caroga Lake). Broadalbin has the higher median household income ($92,037 vs $48,295 in Caroga Lake). Broadalbin has the higher median home value ($164,700 vs $116,800 in Caroga Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Broadalbin	Caroga Lake
Population	1,800	496
Median age	36.7 yrs	61.9 yrs
Median household income	$92,037	$48,295
Median home value	$164,700	$116,800
Median gross rent	$896	—
Housing units	786	833
Homeownership rate	81.4%	88.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.7%	7.3%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Broadalbin	Caroga Lake
Population	1,397 → 1,800 (+28.8%)	516 → 496 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$60,093 → $92,037 (+53.2%)	$62,750 → $48,295 (-23.0%)
Median home value	$131,700 → $164,700 (+25.1%)	$141,300 → $116,800 (-17.3%)
Median gross rent	$815 → $896 (+9.9%)	—

Broadalbin

Population

1,3971,800

Median household income

$60,093$92,037

Median home value

$131,700$164,700

Median gross rent

$815$896

Caroga Lake

Population

516496

Median household income

$62,750$48,295

Median home value

$141,300$116,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Broadalbin	Caroga Lake
Under 5	8.8%	2.6%
5 to 17	16.4%	5.4%
18 to 24	10.7%	5.8%
25 to 34	8.8%	7.5%
35 to 44	19.4%	8.9%
45 to 54	7.8%	9.5%
55 to 64	12.3%	17.1%
65 to 74	9.3%	22.4%
75 and over	6.4%	20.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Broadalbin	Caroga Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	81.8%	97.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.6%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Broadalbin	Caroga Lake
No high school diploma	6.2%	13.3%
High school graduate	29.2%	44.0%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	3.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Broadalbin	Caroga Lake
Drove alone	83.4%	89.2%
Carpooled	4.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	10.8%
Other means	2.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Broadalbin	Caroga Lake
1-unit, detached	74.8%	92.8%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	18.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Broadalbin	Caroga Lake
Poverty rate	7.5%	7.1%
Average household size	2.58	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	28	22
Median year structure built	1938	1947