Nelsonville vs Peach Lake

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

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

Peach Lake has the higher population (988 vs 714 in Nelsonville). Peach Lake has the higher median household income ($136,136 vs $133,125 in Nelsonville). Nelsonville has the higher median home value ($577,200 vs $456,600 in Peach Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Nelsonville	Peach Lake
Population	714	988
Median age	41.8 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$133,125	$136,136
Median home value	$577,200	$456,600
Median gross rent	$1,855	$2,164
Housing units	277	536
Homeownership rate	72.4%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.4%	56.1%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nelsonville	Peach Lake
Population	658 → 714 (+8.5%)	1,604 → 988 (-38.4%)
Median household income	$111,250 → $133,125 (+19.7%)	$117,188 → $136,136 (+16.2%)
Median home value	$493,100 → $577,200 (+17.1%)	$389,000 → $456,600 (+17.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,638 → $1,855 (+13.2%)	$1,667 → $2,164 (+29.8%)

Nelsonville

Population

658714

Median household income

$111,250$133,125

Median home value

$493,100$577,200

Median gross rent

$1,638$1,855

Peach Lake

Population

1,604988

Median household income

$117,188$136,136

Median home value

$389,000$456,600

Median gross rent

$1,667$2,164

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nelsonville	Peach Lake
Under 5	5.7%	2.7%
5 to 17	23.7%	10.0%
18 to 24	3.6%	6.6%
25 to 34	9.0%	10.1%
35 to 44	13.2%	9.6%
45 to 54	14.4%	16.4%
55 to 64	15.3%	16.2%
65 to 74	11.1%	20.7%
75 and over	4.1%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nelsonville	Peach Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	81.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	8.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.0%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nelsonville	Peach Lake
No high school diploma	2.3%	2.5%
High school graduate	16.1%	17.3%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	28.0%	31.5%
Graduate or professional degree	30.3%	24.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nelsonville	Peach Lake
Drove alone	65.6%	78.6%
Carpooled	2.7%	0.0%
Public transit	4.5%	4.4%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.7%	17.0%
Other means	4.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nelsonville	Peach Lake
1-unit, detached	69.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	27.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Nelsonville	Peach Lake
Poverty rate	3.5%	7.2%
Average household size	2.81	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	33	39
Median year structure built	1938	1954