Lakeland vs Liverpool

A side-by-side comparison of Lakeland and Liverpool: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Liverpool has the higher population (2,604 vs 2,344 in Lakeland). Lakeland has the higher median household income ($89,405 vs $77,629 in Liverpool). Liverpool has the higher median home value ($173,900 vs $156,100 in Lakeland).

Population, income & housing

	Lakeland	Liverpool
Population	2,344	2,604
Median age	51.0 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$89,405	$77,629
Median home value	$156,100	$173,900
Median gross rent	$1,264	$1,172
Housing units	1,164	1,268
Homeownership rate	79.8%	62.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	49.9%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakeland	Liverpool
Population	2,571 → 2,344 (-8.8%)	2,205 → 2,604 (+18.1%)
Median household income	$66,156 → $89,405 (+35.1%)	$59,375 → $77,629 (+30.7%)
Median home value	$135,800 → $156,100 (+14.9%)	$136,800 → $173,900 (+27.1%)
Median gross rent	$922 → $1,264 (+37.1%)	$910 → $1,172 (+28.8%)

Lakeland

Population

2,5712,344

Median household income

$66,156$89,405

Median home value

$135,800$156,100

Median gross rent

$922$1,264

Liverpool

Population

2,2052,604

Median household income

$59,375$77,629

Median home value

$136,800$173,900

Median gross rent

$910$1,172

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakeland	Liverpool
Under 5	2.0%	7.0%
5 to 17	11.7%	10.3%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.8%
25 to 34	7.2%	17.2%
35 to 44	14.3%	11.4%
45 to 54	11.0%	7.6%
55 to 64	23.0%	15.9%
65 to 74	13.5%	13.2%
75 and over	9.4%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakeland	Liverpool
White (non-Hispanic)	85.2%	80.8%
Black or African American	3.6%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	9.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakeland	Liverpool
No high school diploma	8.0%	4.8%
High school graduate	35.4%	20.7%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	24.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakeland	Liverpool
Drove alone	87.9%	71.7%
Carpooled	5.2%	12.1%
Public transit	1.3%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	14.3%
Other means	0.2%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakeland	Liverpool
1-unit, detached	79.6%	63.0%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	13.6%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	15.5%
20 or more units	0.4%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	9.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lakeland	Liverpool
Poverty rate	3.5%	9.9%
Average household size	2.12	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	19	15
Median year structure built	1970	1943