Lake Success vs Roslyn

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Success and Roslyn: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Roslyn has the higher population (2,955 vs 2,817 in Lake Success). Lake Success has the higher median household income ($248,750 vs $123,725 in Roslyn). Lake Success has the higher median home value ($1,484,000 vs $623,800 in Roslyn).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Success	Roslyn
Population	2,817	2,955
Median age	46.4 yrs	58.9 yrs
Median household income	$248,750	$123,725
Median home value	$1,484,000	$623,800
Median gross rent	$3,380	$2,172
Housing units	806	1,438
Homeownership rate	94.0%	60.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.0%	77.3%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Success	Roslyn
Population	3,119 → 2,817 (-9.7%)	2,855 → 2,955 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$177,500 → $248,750 (+40.1%)	$110,029 → $123,725 (+12.4%)
Median home value	$1,194,200 → $1,484,000 (+24.3%)	$450,000 → $623,800 (+38.6%)
Median gross rent	$3,352 → $3,380 (+0.8%)	$2,521 → $2,172 (-13.8%)

Lake Success

Population

3,1192,817

Median household income

$177,500$248,750

Median home value

$1,194,200$1,484,000

Median gross rent

$3,352$3,380

Roslyn

Population

2,8552,955

Median household income

$110,029$123,725

Median home value

$450,000$623,800

Median gross rent

$2,521$2,172

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Success	Roslyn
Under 5	2.6%	0.8%
5 to 17	22.5%	6.5%
18 to 24	8.0%	3.7%
25 to 34	4.7%	14.4%
35 to 44	9.4%	8.3%
45 to 54	19.5%	11.3%
55 to 64	11.3%	14.6%
65 to 74	9.7%	15.0%
75 and over	12.4%	25.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Success	Roslyn
White (non-Hispanic)	38.9%	62.8%
Black or African American	1.5%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	54.8%	16.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	4.5%
Two or more races	0.6%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Success	Roslyn
No high school diploma	10.9%	2.2%
High school graduate	16.4%	8.8%
Some college or associate's	10.6%	11.7%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	45.5%
Graduate or professional degree	37.8%	31.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Success	Roslyn
Drove alone	53.9%	58.6%
Carpooled	5.9%	2.2%
Public transit	16.1%	17.4%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.9%	20.5%
Other means	3.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Success	Roslyn
1-unit, detached	99.0%	39.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	19.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	21.8%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Lake Success	Roslyn
Poverty rate	1.5%	8.8%
Average household size	3.40	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	34	29
Median year structure built	1956	1956