Lake Success vs Thomaston

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

Lake Success and Thomaston 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 2,734 in Thomaston). Lake Success has the higher median household income ($248,750 vs $152,206 in Thomaston). Lake Success has the higher median home value ($1,484,000 vs $1,044,900 in Thomaston).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Success	Thomaston
Population	2,817	2,734
Median age	46.4 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$248,750	$152,206
Median home value	$1,484,000	$1,044,900
Median gross rent	$3,380	$2,408
Housing units	806	1,051
Homeownership rate	94.0%	87.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.0%	71.3%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Success	Thomaston
Population	3,119 → 2,817 (-9.7%)	2,629 → 2,734 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$177,500 → $248,750 (+40.1%)	$128,889 → $152,206 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$1,194,200 → $1,484,000 (+24.3%)	$837,800 → $1,044,900 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$3,352 → $3,380 (+0.8%)	$2,239 → $2,408 (+7.5%)

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

Thomaston

Population

2,6292,734

Median household income

$128,889$152,206

Median home value

$837,800$1,044,900

Median gross rent

$2,239$2,408

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Success	Thomaston
Under 5	2.6%	2.5%
5 to 17	22.5%	20.4%
18 to 24	8.0%	4.9%
25 to 34	4.7%	6.5%
35 to 44	9.4%	13.1%
45 to 54	19.5%	14.0%
55 to 64	11.3%	15.8%
65 to 74	9.7%	10.9%
75 and over	12.4%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Success	Thomaston
White (non-Hispanic)	38.9%	47.5%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	54.8%	47.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.6%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Success	Thomaston
No high school diploma	10.9%	5.2%
High school graduate	16.4%	11.0%
Some college or associate's	10.6%	12.5%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	35.6%
Graduate or professional degree	37.8%	35.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Success	Thomaston
Drove alone	53.9%	50.1%
Carpooled	5.9%	2.6%
Public transit	16.1%	22.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.9%	22.1%
Other means	3.6%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Success	Thomaston
1-unit, detached	99.0%	64.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	24.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Success	Thomaston
Poverty rate	1.5%	7.3%
Average household size	3.40	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	34	41
Median year structure built	1956	1952