Caroga Lake vs Johnstown

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

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

Johnstown has the higher population (8,153 vs 496 in Caroga Lake). Johnstown has the higher median household income ($62,333 vs $48,295 in Caroga Lake). Johnstown has the higher median home value ($147,000 vs $116,800 in Caroga Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Caroga Lake	Johnstown
Population	496	8,153
Median age	61.9 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$48,295	$62,333
Median home value	$116,800	$147,000
Median gross rent	—	$861
Housing units	833	4,409
Homeownership rate	88.9%	59.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.3%	27.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caroga Lake	Johnstown
Population	516 → 496 (-3.9%)	8,277 → 8,153 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$62,750 → $48,295 (-23.0%)	$50,465 → $62,333 (+23.5%)
Median home value	$141,300 → $116,800 (-17.3%)	$94,400 → $147,000 (+55.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$818 → $861 (+5.3%)

Caroga Lake

Population

516496

Median household income

$62,750$48,295

Median home value

$141,300$116,800

Johnstown

Population

8,2778,153

Median household income

$50,465$62,333

Median home value

$94,400$147,000

Median gross rent

$818$861

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caroga Lake	Johnstown
Under 5	2.6%	8.4%
5 to 17	5.4%	8.9%
18 to 24	5.8%	8.9%
25 to 34	7.5%	13.7%
35 to 44	8.9%	12.2%
45 to 54	9.5%	16.9%
55 to 64	17.1%	10.7%
65 to 74	22.4%	12.3%
75 and over	20.8%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caroga Lake	Johnstown
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caroga Lake	Johnstown
No high school diploma	13.3%	8.2%
High school graduate	44.0%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	3.7%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caroga Lake	Johnstown
Drove alone	89.2%	76.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	10.8%	8.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caroga Lake	Johnstown
1-unit, detached	92.8%	53.3%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	32.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Caroga Lake	Johnstown
Poverty rate	7.1%	8.2%
Average household size	2.04	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	22	17
Median year structure built	1947	1938