Lake Delta vs Sherrill

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Delta and Sherrill: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sherrill has the higher population (3,041 vs 3,005 in Lake Delta). Lake Delta has the higher median household income ($97,917 vs $88,233 in Sherrill). Lake Delta has the higher median home value ($224,200 vs $207,400 in Sherrill).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Delta	Sherrill
Population	3,005	3,041
Median age	46.0 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$97,917	$88,233
Median home value	$224,200	$207,400
Median gross rent	$825	$1,115
Housing units	1,350	1,425
Homeownership rate	88.6%	72.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.4%	40.4%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Delta	Sherrill
Population	3,045 → 3,005 (-1.3%)	3,000 → 3,041 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$77,083 → $97,917 (+27.0%)	$65,083 → $88,233 (+35.6%)
Median home value	$158,900 → $224,200 (+41.1%)	$158,200 → $207,400 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$908 → $825 (-9.1%)	$742 → $1,115 (+50.3%)

Lake Delta

Population

3,0453,005

Median household income

$77,083$97,917

Median home value

$158,900$224,200

Median gross rent

$908$825

Sherrill

Population

3,0003,041

Median household income

$65,083$88,233

Median home value

$158,200$207,400

Median gross rent

$742$1,115

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Delta	Sherrill
Under 5	5.0%	7.5%
5 to 17	15.5%	14.3%
18 to 24	11.6%	5.8%
25 to 34	9.0%	10.0%
35 to 44	8.5%	8.3%
45 to 54	14.0%	15.6%
55 to 64	12.0%	12.1%
65 to 74	16.1%	14.9%
75 and over	8.3%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Delta	Sherrill
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	91.7%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.5%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	13.6%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Delta	Sherrill
No high school diploma	4.8%	4.8%
High school graduate	15.0%	20.8%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	23.1%
Graduate or professional degree	23.8%	17.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Delta	Sherrill
Drove alone	76.3%	78.0%
Carpooled	10.0%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.8%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	12.9%	13.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Delta	Sherrill
1-unit, detached	88.4%	76.4%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Delta	Sherrill
Poverty rate	3.0%	6.7%
Average household size	2.38	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1964	1951