Carmel vs Lake Carmel

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

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

Lake Carmel has the higher population (8,090 vs 7,222 in Carmel). Carmel has the higher median household income ($126,224 vs $121,402 in Lake Carmel). Carmel has the higher median home value ($491,300 vs $357,500 in Lake Carmel).

Population, income & housing

	Carmel	Lake Carmel
Population	7,222	8,090
Median age	46.0 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$126,224	$121,402
Median home value	$491,300	$357,500
Median gross rent	$1,160	$1,479
Housing units	2,923	3,088
Homeownership rate	75.2%	86.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.8%	39.1%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carmel	Lake Carmel
Population	6,841 → 7,222 (+5.6%)	8,067 → 8,090 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$92,623 → $126,224 (+36.3%)	$89,360 → $121,402 (+35.9%)
Median home value	$396,100 → $491,300 (+24.0%)	$277,500 → $357,500 (+28.8%)
Median gross rent	$927 → $1,160 (+25.1%)	$1,808 → $1,479 (-18.2%)

Carmel

Population

6,8417,222

Median household income

$92,623$126,224

Median home value

$396,100$491,300

Median gross rent

$927$1,160

Lake Carmel

Population

8,0678,090

Median household income

$89,360$121,402

Median home value

$277,500$357,500

Median gross rent

$1,808$1,479

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carmel	Lake Carmel
Under 5	3.4%	7.3%
5 to 17	13.1%	15.2%
18 to 24	7.8%	6.3%
25 to 34	11.6%	12.7%
35 to 44	13.3%	13.4%
45 to 54	8.6%	17.1%
55 to 64	16.7%	11.8%
65 to 74	13.3%	9.0%
75 and over	12.1%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carmel	Lake Carmel
White (non-Hispanic)	83.0%	61.2%
Black or African American	3.3%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.4%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	27.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carmel	Lake Carmel
No high school diploma	6.3%	7.3%
High school graduate	25.6%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	19.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	23.2%
Graduate or professional degree	18.3%	15.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carmel	Lake Carmel
Drove alone	71.4%	74.6%
Carpooled	10.2%	12.8%
Public transit	5.9%	3.7%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.4%	8.9%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carmel	Lake Carmel
1-unit, detached	60.5%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	16.7%	11.0%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	2.7%
20 or more units	9.3%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Carmel	Lake Carmel
Poverty rate	6.4%	9.2%
Average household size	2.49	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	42	39
Median year structure built	1984	1956