Long Lake vs Speculator

A side-by-side comparison of Long Lake and Speculator: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Long Lake has the higher population (648 vs 389 in Speculator). Long Lake has the higher median household income ($72,750 vs $63,839 in Speculator). Long Lake has the higher median home value ($257,500 vs $192,200 in Speculator).

Population, income & housing

	Long Lake	Speculator
Population	648	389
Median age	57.0 yrs	60.0 yrs
Median household income	$72,750	$63,839
Median home value	$257,500	$192,200
Median gross rent	$725	$1,045
Housing units	721	502
Homeownership rate	89.9%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.9%	40.8%
Unemployment rate	17.1%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Long Lake	Speculator
Population	352 → 648 (+84.1%)	345 → 389 (+12.8%)
Median household income	$68,750 → $72,750 (+5.8%)	$72,500 → $63,839 (-11.9%)
Median home value	$216,700 → $257,500 (+18.8%)	$144,400 → $192,200 (+33.1%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $725 (+0.0%)	$725 → $1,045 (+44.1%)

Long Lake

Population

352648

Median household income

$68,750$72,750

Median home value

$216,700$257,500

Median gross rent

$725$725

Speculator

Population

345389

Median household income

$72,500$63,839

Median home value

$144,400$192,200

Median gross rent

$725$1,045

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Long Lake	Speculator
Under 5	6.5%	2.3%
5 to 17	5.7%	5.1%
18 to 24	8.6%	11.3%
25 to 34	14.2%	10.0%
35 to 44	5.4%	4.9%
45 to 54	6.5%	7.5%
55 to 64	17.6%	17.5%
65 to 74	23.8%	28.8%
75 and over	11.7%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Long Lake	Speculator
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	96.1%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Long Lake	Speculator
No high school diploma	5.5%	3.8%
High school graduate	25.7%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	19.1%	26.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Long Lake	Speculator
Drove alone	78.3%	58.5%
Carpooled	5.2%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	5.7%
Walked	9.0%	25.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	7.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Long Lake	Speculator
1-unit, detached	91.0%	88.6%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Long Lake	Speculator
Poverty rate	12.0%	16.2%
Average household size	2.35	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	20	12
Median year structure built	1966	1974