Edwards vs Star Lake

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

Edwards 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 Edwards). Edwards has the higher median household income ($75,547 vs $59,286 in Star Lake). Star Lake has the higher median home value ($83,600 vs $71,900 in Edwards).

Population, income & housing

	Edwards	Star Lake
Population	564	640
Median age	29.2 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$75,547	$59,286
Median home value	$71,900	$83,600
Median gross rent	$800	$731
Housing units	191	458
Homeownership rate	66.5%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	27.4%
Unemployment rate	13.6%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edwards	Star Lake
Population	524 → 564 (+7.6%)	601 → 640 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$55,625 → $75,547 (+35.8%)	$44,766 → $59,286 (+32.4%)
Median home value	$66,500 → $71,900 (+8.1%)	$66,000 → $83,600 (+26.7%)
Median gross rent	$594 → $800 (+34.7%)	$538 → $731 (+35.9%)

Edwards

Population

524564

Median household income

$55,625$75,547

Median home value

$66,500$71,900

Median gross rent

$594$800

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)

	Edwards	Star Lake
Under 5	8.2%	5.8%
5 to 17	25.4%	17.7%
18 to 24	8.0%	1.9%
25 to 34	18.6%	8.8%
35 to 44	9.6%	9.7%
45 to 54	3.7%	12.5%
55 to 64	13.1%	26.4%
65 to 74	5.7%	11.1%
75 and over	7.8%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edwards	Star Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	82.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	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+

	Edwards	Star Lake
No high school diploma	8.5%	8.6%
High school graduate	36.1%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	40.0%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	16.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edwards	Star Lake
Drove alone	71.9%	71.0%
Carpooled	17.5%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.5%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	19.0%
Other means	4.8%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edwards	Star Lake
1-unit, detached	83.8%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Edwards	Star Lake
Poverty rate	20.6%	28.6%
Average household size	2.95	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1938	1953