Lakeville vs Leicester

A side-by-side comparison of Lakeville and Leicester: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Leicester has the higher population (593 vs 511 in Lakeville). Lakeville has the higher median household income ($90,716 vs $78,333 in Leicester). Since 2019, Leicester's population has grown faster (+14.5% vs -36.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Lakeville	Leicester
Population	511	593
Median age	42.3 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$90,716	$78,333
Median home value	—	$133,900
Median gross rent	$889	$1,040
Housing units	341	220
Homeownership rate	81.6%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.1%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	43.3%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakeville	Leicester
Population	800 → 511 (-36.1%)	518 → 593 (+14.5%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $90,716 (+86.1%)	$69,063 → $78,333 (+13.4%)
Median home value	—	$114,000 → $133,900 (+17.5%)
Median gross rent	$808 → $889 (+10.0%)	$911 → $1,040 (+14.2%)

Lakeville

Population

800511

Median household income

$48,750$90,716

Median gross rent

$808$889

Leicester

Population

518593

Median household income

$69,063$78,333

Median home value

$114,000$133,900

Median gross rent

$911$1,040

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakeville	Leicester
Under 5	0.0%	5.7%
5 to 17	6.8%	26.8%
18 to 24	29.4%	6.4%
25 to 34	6.5%	10.6%
35 to 44	19.2%	8.4%
45 to 54	17.4%	12.5%
55 to 64	13.1%	11.5%
65 to 74	3.7%	10.8%
75 and over	3.9%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakeville	Leicester
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	81.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
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	10.0%	12.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakeville	Leicester
No high school diploma	15.0%	8.6%
High school graduate	13.8%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	39.0%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakeville	Leicester
Drove alone	72.4%	86.8%
Carpooled	27.6%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakeville	Leicester
1-unit, detached	66.0%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	16.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.3%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.7%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Lakeville	Leicester
Poverty rate	10.4%	20.0%
Average household size	2.71	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	28	22
Median year structure built	1966	1956