Orange Lake vs Scotchtown

A side-by-side comparison of Orange Lake and Scotchtown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Scotchtown has the higher population (10,544 vs 9,588 in Orange Lake). Orange Lake has the higher median household income ($94,394 vs $92,889 in Scotchtown). Orange Lake has the higher median home value ($330,600 vs $317,400 in Scotchtown).

Population, income & housing

	Orange Lake	Scotchtown
Population	9,588	10,544
Median age	46.3 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$94,394	$92,889
Median home value	$330,600	$317,400
Median gross rent	$1,924	$1,655
Housing units	3,869	4,137
Homeownership rate	89.5%	48.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.7%	32.8%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orange Lake	Scotchtown
Population	6,434 → 9,588 (+49.0%)	9,997 → 10,544 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$93,008 → $94,394 (+1.5%)	$72,824 → $92,889 (+27.6%)
Median home value	$251,300 → $330,600 (+31.6%)	$248,900 → $317,400 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,730 → $1,924 (+11.2%)	$1,309 → $1,655 (+26.4%)

Orange Lake

Population

6,4349,588

Median household income

$93,008$94,394

Median home value

$251,300$330,600

Median gross rent

$1,730$1,924

Scotchtown

Population

9,99710,544

Median household income

$72,824$92,889

Median home value

$248,900$317,400

Median gross rent

$1,309$1,655

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Orange Lake	Scotchtown
Under 5	3.8%	3.5%
5 to 17	12.5%	13.5%
18 to 24	11.5%	16.0%
25 to 34	8.8%	15.3%
35 to 44	12.7%	11.6%
45 to 54	13.2%	14.2%
55 to 64	16.4%	12.9%
65 to 74	9.1%	9.2%
75 and over	12.0%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orange Lake	Scotchtown
White (non-Hispanic)	48.7%	32.7%
Black or African American	17.5%	27.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	4.8%	6.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.3%
Two or more races	5.2%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	23.6%	23.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orange Lake	Scotchtown
No high school diploma	7.9%	7.4%
High school graduate	24.3%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.1%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	16.6%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orange Lake	Scotchtown
Drove alone	69.7%	74.7%
Carpooled	8.2%	13.7%
Public transit	5.1%	2.3%
Walked	0.9%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	7.4%
Other means	2.1%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orange Lake	Scotchtown
1-unit, detached	80.8%	41.9%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	11.7%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	21.7%
20 or more units	1.6%	16.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Orange Lake	Scotchtown
Poverty rate	8.6%	10.6%
Average household size	2.55	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	34	28
Median year structure built	1981	1978