Seneca Knolls vs Skaneateles

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

Seneca Knolls 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 2,308 in Seneca Knolls). Skaneateles has the higher median household income ($114,355 vs $54,963 in Seneca Knolls). Skaneateles has the higher median home value ($595,100 vs $123,900 in Seneca Knolls).

Population, income & housing

	Seneca Knolls	Skaneateles
Population	2,308	2,533
Median age	50.3 yrs	57.9 yrs
Median household income	$54,963	$114,355
Median home value	$123,900	$595,100
Median gross rent	—	$907
Housing units	1,157	1,328
Homeownership rate	93.5%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.0%	74.6%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Seneca Knolls	Skaneateles
Population	2,068 → 2,308 (+11.6%)	2,368 → 2,533 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$55,050 → $54,963 (-0.2%)	$95,724 → $114,355 (+19.5%)
Median home value	$94,500 → $123,900 (+31.1%)	$378,900 → $595,100 (+57.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,098 → $1,125 (+2.5%)	$933 → $907 (-2.8%)

Seneca Knolls

Population

2,0682,308

Median household income

$55,050$54,963

Median home value

$94,500$123,900

Median gross rent

$1,098$1,125

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)

	Seneca Knolls	Skaneateles
Under 5	7.6%	5.2%
5 to 17	4.9%	12.6%
18 to 24	12.4%	3.1%
25 to 34	11.3%	7.3%
35 to 44	10.4%	9.2%
45 to 54	9.3%	8.8%
55 to 64	27.5%	16.7%
65 to 74	8.2%	16.7%
75 and over	8.4%	20.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Seneca Knolls	Skaneateles
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	96.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	5.4%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Seneca Knolls	Skaneateles
No high school diploma	5.9%	2.3%
High school graduate	42.1%	7.1%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	16.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	42.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	32.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Seneca Knolls	Skaneateles
Drove alone	75.1%	63.8%
Carpooled	14.1%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	8.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	23.4%
Other means	2.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Seneca Knolls	Skaneateles
1-unit, detached	78.0%	70.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	15.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.6%
20 or more units	1.9%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	20.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Seneca Knolls	Skaneateles
Poverty rate	9.2%	4.8%
Average household size	2.24	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	34	20
Median year structure built	1958	1938