Nassau vs Nassau Lake

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

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 has the higher population (1,138 vs 841 in Nassau Lake). Nassau Lake has the higher median home value ($271,500 vs $229,000 in Nassau). Since 2019, Nassau Lake's population has grown faster (+10.4% vs +7.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Nassau	Nassau Lake
Population	1,138	841
Median age	42.0 yrs	49.6 yrs
Median household income	$81,359	—
Median home value	$229,000	$271,500
Median gross rent	$920	—
Housing units	525	433
Homeownership rate	68.3%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.7%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nassau	Nassau Lake
Population	1,062 → 1,138 (+7.2%)	762 → 841 (+10.4%)
Median household income	$75,750 → $81,359 (+7.4%)	—
Median home value	$162,700 → $229,000 (+40.7%)	$133,800 → $271,500 (+102.9%)
Median gross rent	$776 → $920 (+18.6%)	—

Nassau

Population

1,0621,138

Median household income

$75,750$81,359

Median home value

$162,700$229,000

Median gross rent

$776$920

Nassau Lake

Population

762841

Median home value

$133,800$271,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nassau	Nassau Lake
Under 5	4.0%	5.4%
5 to 17	14.5%	10.1%
18 to 24	15.0%	6.4%
25 to 34	4.6%	11.2%
35 to 44	17.8%	6.7%
45 to 54	14.3%	18.4%
55 to 64	12.7%	15.5%
65 to 74	12.7%	16.2%
75 and over	4.3%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nassau	Nassau Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	89.7%	89.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nassau	Nassau Lake
No high school diploma	4.6%	14.6%
High school graduate	30.8%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	17.2%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nassau	Nassau Lake
Drove alone	65.0%	86.9%
Carpooled	9.9%	4.1%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.7%	9.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nassau	Nassau Lake
1-unit, detached	62.3%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	21.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Nassau	Nassau Lake
Poverty rate	5.3%	12.6%
Average household size	2.47	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1940	1958