Duane Lake vs Scotia

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

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

Scotia has the higher population (7,260 vs 279 in Duane Lake). Duane Lake has the higher median household income ($159,896 vs $74,185 in Scotia). Duane Lake has the higher median home value ($412,500 vs $182,800 in Scotia).

Population, income & housing

	Duane Lake	Scotia
Population	279	7,260
Median age	65.5 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$159,896	$74,185
Median home value	$412,500	$182,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,064
Housing units	119	3,540
Homeownership rate	100.0%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.2%	36.7%
Unemployment rate	20.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Duane Lake	Scotia
Population	233 → 279 (+19.7%)	7,667 → 7,260 (-5.3%)
Median household income	$131,397 → $159,896 (+21.7%)	$57,368 → $74,185 (+29.3%)
Median home value	$275,000 → $412,500 (+50.0%)	$142,700 → $182,800 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$907 → $1,064 (+17.3%)

Duane Lake

Population

233279

Median household income

$131,397$159,896

Median home value

$275,000$412,500

Scotia

Population

7,6677,260

Median household income

$57,368$74,185

Median home value

$142,700$182,800

Median gross rent

$907$1,064

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Duane Lake	Scotia
Under 5	3.6%	4.7%
5 to 17	13.6%	16.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.9%
25 to 34	3.6%	16.7%
35 to 44	4.3%	12.9%
45 to 54	12.5%	15.7%
55 to 64	6.8%	8.6%
65 to 74	52.0%	10.0%
75 and over	3.6%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Duane Lake	Scotia
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	89.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Duane Lake	Scotia
No high school diploma	4.8%	5.5%
High school graduate	0.0%	21.9%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	38.1%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Duane Lake	Scotia
Drove alone	100.0%	68.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	0.0%	15.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Duane Lake	Scotia
1-unit, detached	100.0%	61.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	16.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Duane Lake	Scotia
Poverty rate	7.5%	3.6%
Average household size	2.34	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	—	23
Median year structure built	1963	1943