Lake Carmel vs Mahopac

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

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

Mahopac has the higher population (9,171 vs 8,090 in Lake Carmel). Lake Carmel has the higher median household income ($121,402 vs $114,867 in Mahopac). Mahopac has the higher median home value ($448,600 vs $357,500 in Lake Carmel).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Carmel	Mahopac
Population	8,090	9,171
Median age	42.4 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$121,402	$114,867
Median home value	$357,500	$448,600
Median gross rent	$1,479	$2,030
Housing units	3,088	3,698
Homeownership rate	86.8%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.1%	40.3%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Carmel	Mahopac
Population	8,067 → 8,090 (+0.3%)	8,203 → 9,171 (+11.8%)
Median household income	$89,360 → $121,402 (+35.9%)	$89,175 → $114,867 (+28.8%)
Median home value	$277,500 → $357,500 (+28.8%)	$367,500 → $448,600 (+22.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,808 → $1,479 (-18.2%)	$1,349 → $2,030 (+50.5%)

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

Mahopac

Population

8,2039,171

Median household income

$89,175$114,867

Median home value

$367,500$448,600

Median gross rent

$1,349$2,030

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Carmel	Mahopac
Under 5	7.3%	5.4%
5 to 17	15.2%	13.5%
18 to 24	6.3%	8.3%
25 to 34	12.7%	14.2%
35 to 44	13.4%	11.2%
45 to 54	17.1%	13.5%
55 to 64	11.8%	16.4%
65 to 74	9.0%	12.4%
75 and over	7.2%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Carmel	Mahopac
White (non-Hispanic)	61.2%	68.1%
Black or African American	5.5%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	27.5%	21.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Carmel	Mahopac
No high school diploma	7.3%	9.5%
High school graduate	34.0%	23.4%
Some college or associate's	19.6%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	23.2%
Graduate or professional degree	15.9%	17.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Carmel	Mahopac
Drove alone	74.6%	71.2%
Carpooled	12.8%	7.7%
Public transit	3.7%	4.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	14.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Carmel	Mahopac
1-unit, detached	78.7%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	11.0%	9.5%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	9.3%
20 or more units	0.3%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Carmel	Mahopac
Poverty rate	9.2%	3.6%
Average household size	2.78	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	39	42
Median year structure built	1956	1966