Caroga Lake vs Mayfield

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

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

Mayfield has the higher population (1,009 vs 496 in Caroga Lake). Mayfield has the higher median household income ($64,542 vs $48,295 in Caroga Lake). Mayfield has the higher median home value ($171,600 vs $116,800 in Caroga Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Caroga Lake	Mayfield
Population	496	1,009
Median age	61.9 yrs	31.8 yrs
Median household income	$48,295	$64,542
Median home value	$116,800	$171,600
Median gross rent	—	$941
Housing units	833	461
Homeownership rate	88.9%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.3%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caroga Lake	Mayfield
Population	516 → 496 (-3.9%)	814 → 1,009 (+24.0%)
Median household income	$62,750 → $48,295 (-23.0%)	$65,221 → $64,542 (-1.0%)
Median home value	$141,300 → $116,800 (-17.3%)	$117,700 → $171,600 (+45.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$767 → $941 (+22.7%)

Caroga Lake

Population

516496

Median household income

$62,750$48,295

Median home value

$141,300$116,800

Mayfield

Population

8141,009

Median household income

$65,221$64,542

Median home value

$117,700$171,600

Median gross rent

$767$941

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caroga Lake	Mayfield
Under 5	2.6%	9.5%
5 to 17	5.4%	18.8%
18 to 24	5.8%	7.7%
25 to 34	7.5%	18.6%
35 to 44	8.9%	9.7%
45 to 54	9.5%	12.9%
55 to 64	17.1%	10.1%
65 to 74	22.4%	6.2%
75 and over	20.8%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caroga Lake	Mayfield
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	90.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	2.0%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caroga Lake	Mayfield
No high school diploma	13.3%	5.3%
High school graduate	44.0%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	43.9%
Bachelor's degree	3.7%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caroga Lake	Mayfield
Drove alone	89.2%	83.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caroga Lake	Mayfield
1-unit, detached	92.8%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	18.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Caroga Lake	Mayfield
Poverty rate	7.1%	17.7%
Average household size	2.04	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1947	1941