East Nassau vs Nassau Lake

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

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

Nassau Lake has the higher population (841 vs 492 in East Nassau). Nassau Lake has the higher median home value ($271,500 vs $209,100 in East Nassau). Since 2019, Nassau Lake's population has grown faster (+10.4% vs -6.5%).

Population, income & housing

	East Nassau	Nassau Lake
Population	492	841
Median age	50.5 yrs	49.6 yrs
Median household income	$58,158	—
Median home value	$209,100	$271,500
Median gross rent	$1,135	—
Housing units	284	433
Homeownership rate	70.2%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Nassau	Nassau Lake
Population	526 → 492 (-6.5%)	762 → 841 (+10.4%)
Median household income	$83,889 → $58,158 (-30.7%)	—
Median home value	$187,500 → $209,100 (+11.5%)	$133,800 → $271,500 (+102.9%)
Median gross rent	$740 → $1,135 (+53.4%)	—

East Nassau

Population

526492

Median household income

$83,889$58,158

Median home value

$187,500$209,100

Median gross rent

$740$1,135

Nassau Lake

Population

762841

Median home value

$133,800$271,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Nassau	Nassau Lake
Under 5	6.9%	5.4%
5 to 17	10.8%	10.1%
18 to 24	1.4%	6.4%
25 to 34	20.5%	11.2%
35 to 44	4.7%	6.7%
45 to 54	13.4%	18.4%
55 to 64	17.3%	15.5%
65 to 74	16.7%	16.2%
75 and over	8.3%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Nassau	Nassau Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	89.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Nassau	Nassau Lake
No high school diploma	3.0%	14.6%
High school graduate	31.4%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	41.2%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Nassau	Nassau Lake
Drove alone	79.8%	86.9%
Carpooled	3.6%	4.1%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.4%	9.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Nassau	Nassau Lake
1-unit, detached	86.3%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	East Nassau	Nassau Lake
Poverty rate	13.8%	12.6%
Average household size	2.03	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	35	22
Median year structure built	1941	1958