Beaver Dam Lake vs Vails Gate

A side-by-side comparison of Beaver Dam Lake and Vails Gate: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Beaver Dam Lake has the higher population (3,361 vs 3,065 in Vails Gate). Beaver Dam Lake has the higher median household income ($117,700 vs $54,340 in Vails Gate). Beaver Dam Lake has the higher median home value ($404,100 vs $284,700 in Vails Gate).

Population, income & housing

	Beaver Dam Lake	Vails Gate
Population	3,361	3,065
Median age	36.3 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$117,700	$54,340
Median home value	$404,100	$284,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,638
Housing units	1,046	1,600
Homeownership rate	91.1%	51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.3%	24.9%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaver Dam Lake	Vails Gate
Population	1,827 → 3,361 (+84.0%)	3,031 → 3,065 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$127,625 → $117,700 (-7.8%)	$46,953 → $54,340 (+15.7%)
Median home value	$288,300 → $404,100 (+40.2%)	$194,200 → $284,700 (+46.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,277 → $1,638 (+28.3%)

Beaver Dam Lake

Population

1,8273,361

Median household income

$127,625$117,700

Median home value

$288,300$404,100

Vails Gate

Population

3,0313,065

Median household income

$46,953$54,340

Median home value

$194,200$284,700

Median gross rent

$1,277$1,638

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaver Dam Lake	Vails Gate
Under 5	7.1%	4.0%
5 to 17	21.2%	16.2%
18 to 24	6.8%	2.7%
25 to 34	10.0%	16.2%
35 to 44	17.1%	15.8%
45 to 54	13.7%	11.5%
55 to 64	13.5%	14.1%
65 to 74	6.0%	10.0%
75 and over	4.6%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaver Dam Lake	Vails Gate
White (non-Hispanic)	75.8%	36.6%
Black or African American	1.2%	19.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.8%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	21.4%	36.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaver Dam Lake	Vails Gate
No high school diploma	4.5%	12.9%
High school graduate	24.8%	27.4%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	23.2%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaver Dam Lake	Vails Gate
Drove alone	78.9%	67.5%
Carpooled	7.3%	11.9%
Public transit	2.8%	3.8%
Walked	0.0%	8.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaver Dam Lake	Vails Gate
1-unit, detached	95.4%	34.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	11.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	27.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	24.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Beaver Dam Lake	Vails Gate
Poverty rate	1.9%	8.3%
Average household size	3.20	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	38	37
Median year structure built	1974	1967