Caroga Lake vs Gloversville

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

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

Gloversville has the higher population (15,010 vs 496 in Caroga Lake). Gloversville has the higher median household income ($49,155 vs $48,295 in Caroga Lake). Caroga Lake has the higher median home value ($116,800 vs $95,500 in Gloversville).

Population, income & housing

	Caroga Lake	Gloversville
Population	496	15,010
Median age	61.9 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$48,295	$49,155
Median home value	$116,800	$95,500
Median gross rent	—	$905
Housing units	833	7,432
Homeownership rate	88.9%	46.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.3%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caroga Lake	Gloversville
Population	516 → 496 (-3.9%)	14,878 → 15,010 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$62,750 → $48,295 (-23.0%)	$38,896 → $49,155 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$141,300 → $116,800 (-17.3%)	$76,100 → $95,500 (+25.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$755 → $905 (+19.9%)

Caroga Lake

Population

516496

Median household income

$62,750$48,295

Median home value

$141,300$116,800

Gloversville

Population

14,87815,010

Median household income

$38,896$49,155

Median home value

$76,100$95,500

Median gross rent

$755$905

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caroga Lake	Gloversville
Under 5	2.6%	4.8%
5 to 17	5.4%	17.8%
18 to 24	5.8%	9.4%
25 to 34	7.5%	13.6%
35 to 44	8.9%	11.8%
45 to 54	9.5%	10.2%
55 to 64	17.1%	15.2%
65 to 74	22.4%	9.2%
75 and over	20.8%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caroga Lake	Gloversville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	83.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.0%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caroga Lake	Gloversville
No high school diploma	13.3%	14.2%
High school graduate	44.0%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	3.7%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caroga Lake	Gloversville
Drove alone	89.2%	79.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	10.8%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caroga Lake	Gloversville
1-unit, detached	92.8%	45.4%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	42.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Caroga Lake	Gloversville
Poverty rate	7.1%	21.6%
Average household size	2.04	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1947	1938