Long Lake vs Wells

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

Long Lake and Wells 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 597 in Wells). Wells has the higher median household income ($78,047 vs $72,750 in Long Lake). Long Lake has the higher median home value ($257,500 vs $252,900 in Wells).

Population, income & housing

	Long Lake	Wells
Population	648	597
Median age	57.0 yrs	54.3 yrs
Median household income	$72,750	$78,047
Median home value	$257,500	$252,900
Median gross rent	$725	$763
Housing units	721	518
Homeownership rate	89.9%	89.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.9%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	17.1%	12.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Long Lake	Wells
Population	352 → 648 (+84.1%)	630 → 597 (-5.2%)
Median household income	$68,750 → $72,750 (+5.8%)	$45,694 → $78,047 (+70.8%)
Median home value	$216,700 → $257,500 (+18.8%)	$160,900 → $252,900 (+57.2%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $725 (+0.0%)	$596 → $763 (+28.0%)

Long Lake

Population

352648

Median household income

$68,750$72,750

Median home value

$216,700$257,500

Median gross rent

$725$725

Wells

Population

630597

Median household income

$45,694$78,047

Median home value

$160,900$252,900

Median gross rent

$596$763

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Long Lake	Wells
Under 5	6.5%	4.7%
5 to 17	5.7%	14.9%
18 to 24	8.6%	4.9%
25 to 34	14.2%	6.7%
35 to 44	5.4%	10.6%
45 to 54	6.5%	10.6%
55 to 64	17.6%	26.8%
65 to 74	23.8%	17.3%
75 and over	11.7%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Long Lake	Wells
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	96.0%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Long Lake	Wells
No high school diploma	5.5%	23.3%
High school graduate	25.7%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	19.1%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Long Lake	Wells
Drove alone	78.3%	94.7%
Carpooled	5.2%	1.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Long Lake	Wells
1-unit, detached	91.0%	80.9%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	18.5%

Poverty & households

	Long Lake	Wells
Poverty rate	12.0%	4.2%
Average household size	2.35	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	20	37
Median year structure built	1966	1973