Lake Success vs Sands Point

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

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

Lake Success has the higher population (2,817 vs 2,725 in Sands Point). Sands Point has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $248,750 in Lake Success). Sands Point has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,484,000 in Lake Success).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Success	Sands Point
Population	2,817	2,725
Median age	46.4 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$248,750	$250,001
Median home value	$1,484,000	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$3,380	$3,501
Housing units	806	933
Homeownership rate	94.0%	95.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.0%	88.1%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Success	Sands Point
Population	3,119 → 2,817 (-9.7%)	2,862 → 2,725 (-4.8%)
Median household income	$177,500 → $248,750 (+40.1%)	$250,001 → $250,001 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$1,194,200 → $1,484,000 (+24.3%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$3,352 → $3,380 (+0.8%)	$3,501 → $3,501 (+0.0%)

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

Sands Point

Population

2,8622,725

Median household income

$250,001$250,001

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$3,501$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Success	Sands Point
Under 5	2.6%	3.9%
5 to 17	22.5%	25.0%
18 to 24	8.0%	8.1%
25 to 34	4.7%	2.4%
35 to 44	9.4%	9.0%
45 to 54	19.5%	16.7%
55 to 64	11.3%	14.3%
65 to 74	9.7%	11.8%
75 and over	12.4%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Success	Sands Point
White (non-Hispanic)	38.9%	83.4%
Black or African American	1.5%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	54.8%	8.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	0.6%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Success	Sands Point
No high school diploma	10.9%	1.9%
High school graduate	16.4%	3.0%
Some college or associate's	10.6%	7.0%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	41.3%
Graduate or professional degree	37.8%	46.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Success	Sands Point
Drove alone	53.9%	38.3%
Carpooled	5.9%	5.3%
Public transit	16.1%	27.3%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.9%	28.1%
Other means	3.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Success	Sands Point
1-unit, detached	99.0%	99.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Success	Sands Point
Poverty rate	1.5%	3.4%
Average household size	3.40	3.21
Mean commute (minutes)	34	45
Median year structure built	1956	1961