Averill Park vs West Sand Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Averill Park and West Sand Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

West Sand Lake has the higher population (3,453 vs 1,604 in Averill Park). West Sand Lake has the higher median household income ($126,595 vs $114,821 in Averill Park). West Sand Lake has the higher median home value ($322,300 vs $250,000 in Averill Park).

Population, income & housing

	Averill Park	West Sand Lake
Population	1,604	3,453
Median age	54.0 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$114,821	$126,595
Median home value	$250,000	$322,300
Median gross rent	$1,429	$899
Housing units	859	1,125
Homeownership rate	79.1%	92.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.5%	44.7%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Averill Park	West Sand Lake
Population	1,228 → 1,604 (+30.6%)	2,697 → 3,453 (+28.0%)
Median household income	$92,857 → $114,821 (+23.7%)	$94,167 → $126,595 (+34.4%)
Median home value	$228,000 → $250,000 (+9.6%)	$201,800 → $322,300 (+59.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,076 → $1,429 (+32.8%)	$838 → $899 (+7.3%)

Averill Park

Population

1,2281,604

Median household income

$92,857$114,821

Median home value

$228,000$250,000

Median gross rent

$1,076$1,429

West Sand Lake

Population

2,6973,453

Median household income

$94,167$126,595

Median home value

$201,800$322,300

Median gross rent

$838$899

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Averill Park	West Sand Lake
Under 5	5.6%	3.6%
5 to 17	5.6%	29.3%
18 to 24	5.2%	4.7%
25 to 34	7.7%	5.0%
35 to 44	7.1%	13.3%
45 to 54	21.1%	20.3%
55 to 64	25.4%	5.7%
65 to 74	14.4%	14.7%
75 and over	7.9%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Averill Park	West Sand Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	98.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Averill Park	West Sand Lake
No high school diploma	1.8%	2.5%
High school graduate	30.0%	18.4%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	32.8%
Graduate or professional degree	18.0%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Averill Park	West Sand Lake
Drove alone	81.4%	77.5%
Carpooled	3.3%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	9.5%
Other means	0.0%	10.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Averill Park	West Sand Lake
1-unit, detached	61.8%	92.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.2%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	1.8%
20 or more units	8.3%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	10.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Averill Park	West Sand Lake
Poverty rate	4.5%	3.6%
Average household size	2.00	3.06
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1965	1979