Lakeland vs Skaneateles

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

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

Skaneateles has the higher population (2,533 vs 2,344 in Lakeland). Skaneateles has the higher median household income ($114,355 vs $89,405 in Lakeland). Skaneateles has the higher median home value ($595,100 vs $156,100 in Lakeland).

Population, income & housing

	Lakeland	Skaneateles
Population	2,344	2,533
Median age	51.0 yrs	57.9 yrs
Median household income	$89,405	$114,355
Median home value	$156,100	$595,100
Median gross rent	$1,264	$907
Housing units	1,164	1,328
Homeownership rate	79.8%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	74.6%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakeland	Skaneateles
Population	2,571 → 2,344 (-8.8%)	2,368 → 2,533 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$66,156 → $89,405 (+35.1%)	$95,724 → $114,355 (+19.5%)
Median home value	$135,800 → $156,100 (+14.9%)	$378,900 → $595,100 (+57.1%)
Median gross rent	$922 → $1,264 (+37.1%)	$933 → $907 (-2.8%)

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

Skaneateles

Population

2,3682,533

Median household income

$95,724$114,355

Median home value

$378,900$595,100

Median gross rent

$933$907

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakeland	Skaneateles
Under 5	2.0%	5.2%
5 to 17	11.7%	12.6%
18 to 24	7.8%	3.1%
25 to 34	7.2%	7.3%
35 to 44	14.3%	9.2%
45 to 54	11.0%	8.8%
55 to 64	23.0%	16.7%
65 to 74	13.5%	16.7%
75 and over	9.4%	20.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakeland	Skaneateles
White (non-Hispanic)	85.2%	96.5%
Black or African American	3.6%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.1%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakeland	Skaneateles
No high school diploma	8.0%	2.3%
High school graduate	35.4%	7.1%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	16.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	42.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	32.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakeland	Skaneateles
Drove alone	87.9%	63.8%
Carpooled	5.2%	4.0%
Public transit	1.3%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	8.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	23.4%
Other means	0.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakeland	Skaneateles
1-unit, detached	79.6%	70.9%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	15.1%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	5.6%
20 or more units	0.4%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	9.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lakeland	Skaneateles
Poverty rate	3.5%	4.8%
Average household size	2.12	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1970	1938