Colton vs Cranberry Lake

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

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

Colton has the higher population (248 vs 193 in Cranberry Lake). Cranberry Lake has the higher median household income ($81,250 vs $67,344 in Colton). Cranberry Lake has the higher median home value ($265,000 vs $109,800 in Colton).

Population, income & housing

	Colton	Cranberry Lake
Population	248	193
Median age	54.2 yrs	62.1 yrs
Median household income	$67,344	$81,250
Median home value	$109,800	$265,000
Median gross rent	$358	—
Housing units	155	343
Homeownership rate	64.0%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.1%	38.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colton	Cranberry Lake
Population	357 → 248 (-30.5%)	155 → 193 (+24.5%)
Median household income	$48,906 → $67,344 (+37.7%)	$52,250 → $81,250 (+55.5%)
Median home value	$107,300 → $109,800 (+2.3%)	$172,500 → $265,000 (+53.6%)
Median gross rent	$239 → $358 (+49.8%)	—

Colton

Population

357248

Median household income

$48,906$67,344

Median home value

$107,300$109,800

Median gross rent

$239$358

Cranberry Lake

Population

155193

Median household income

$52,250$81,250

Median home value

$172,500$265,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colton	Cranberry Lake
Under 5	5.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	3.6%	14.5%
18 to 24	3.2%	1.0%
25 to 34	14.1%	1.0%
35 to 44	14.5%	1.0%
45 to 54	16.1%	19.7%
55 to 64	13.3%	16.6%
65 to 74	23.0%	22.8%
75 and over	6.9%	23.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colton	Cranberry Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colton	Cranberry Lake
No high school diploma	6.4%	1.2%
High school graduate	39.0%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	24.3%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	25.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colton	Cranberry Lake
Drove alone	65.9%	70.2%
Carpooled	8.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.7%	29.8%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colton	Cranberry Lake
1-unit, detached	71.0%	94.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	16.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Colton	Cranberry Lake
Poverty rate	8.9%	8.3%
Average household size	1.81	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	31	25
Median year structure built	1938	1964