Mariaville Lake vs Scotia

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

Mariaville 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 1,011 in Mariaville Lake). Mariaville Lake has the higher median household income ($93,589 vs $74,185 in Scotia). Mariaville Lake has the higher median home value ($261,500 vs $182,800 in Scotia).

Population, income & housing

	Mariaville Lake	Scotia
Population	1,011	7,260
Median age	38.4 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$93,589	$74,185
Median home value	$261,500	$182,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,064
Housing units	587	3,540
Homeownership rate	73.1%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	36.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mariaville Lake	Scotia
Population	358 → 1,011 (+182.4%)	7,667 → 7,260 (-5.3%)
Median household income	$79,286 → $93,589 (+18.0%)	$57,368 → $74,185 (+29.3%)
Median home value	$268,800 → $261,500 (-2.7%)	$142,700 → $182,800 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$907 → $1,064 (+17.3%)

Mariaville Lake

Population

3581,011

Median household income

$79,286$93,589

Median home value

$268,800$261,500

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)

	Mariaville Lake	Scotia
Under 5	7.7%	4.7%
5 to 17	11.5%	16.4%
18 to 24	3.8%	7.9%
25 to 34	25.5%	16.7%
35 to 44	9.4%	12.9%
45 to 54	10.6%	15.7%
55 to 64	22.7%	8.6%
65 to 74	7.9%	10.0%
75 and over	1.0%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mariaville Lake	Scotia
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	89.4%
Black or African American	1.0%	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	1.5%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mariaville Lake	Scotia
No high school diploma	5.9%	5.5%
High school graduate	24.3%	21.9%
Some college or associate's	44.0%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mariaville Lake	Scotia
Drove alone	87.8%	68.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	4.2%	3.5%
Bicycle	3.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	4.9%	15.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mariaville Lake	Scotia
1-unit, detached	77.7%	61.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	21.3%	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

	Mariaville Lake	Scotia
Poverty rate	12.4%	3.6%
Average household size	2.17	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1977	1943