Brasher Falls vs Star Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Brasher Falls and Star Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Star Lake has the higher population (640 vs 564 in Brasher Falls). Star Lake has the higher median household income ($59,286 vs $41,354 in Brasher Falls). Brasher Falls has the higher median home value ($120,000 vs $83,600 in Star Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Brasher Falls	Star Lake
Population	564	640
Median age	49.8 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$41,354	$59,286
Median home value	$120,000	$83,600
Median gross rent	$620	$731
Housing units	263	458
Homeownership rate	57.9%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	27.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brasher Falls	Star Lake
Population	796 → 564 (-29.1%)	601 → 640 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$58,355 → $41,354 (-29.1%)	$44,766 → $59,286 (+32.4%)
Median home value	$117,800 → $120,000 (+1.9%)	$66,000 → $83,600 (+26.7%)
Median gross rent	$689 → $620 (-10.0%)	$538 → $731 (+35.9%)

Brasher Falls

Population

796564

Median household income

$58,355$41,354

Median home value

$117,800$120,000

Median gross rent

$689$620

Star Lake

Population

601640

Median household income

$44,766$59,286

Median home value

$66,000$83,600

Median gross rent

$538$731

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brasher Falls	Star Lake
Under 5	2.8%	5.8%
5 to 17	12.1%	17.7%
18 to 24	16.1%	1.9%
25 to 34	4.4%	8.8%
35 to 44	8.0%	9.7%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.5%
55 to 64	26.1%	26.4%
65 to 74	3.5%	11.1%
75 and over	15.2%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brasher Falls	Star Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	98.0%	82.0%
Black or African American	2.0%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brasher Falls	Star Lake
No high school diploma	2.8%	8.6%
High school graduate	36.5%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	44.2%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	16.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brasher Falls	Star Lake
Drove alone	83.2%	71.0%
Carpooled	12.7%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.5%
Walked	4.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	19.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brasher Falls	Star Lake
1-unit, detached	69.6%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.7%
20 or more units	21.7%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Brasher Falls	Star Lake
Poverty rate	10.7%	28.6%
Average household size	2.09	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	17	26
Median year structure built	1967	1953