Hermon vs Star Lake

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

Hermon 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 603 in Hermon). Hermon has the higher median household income ($83,173 vs $59,286 in Star Lake). Star Lake has the higher median home value ($83,600 vs $75,300 in Hermon).

Population, income & housing

	Hermon	Star Lake
Population	603	640
Median age	24.9 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$83,173	$59,286
Median home value	$75,300	$83,600
Median gross rent	—	$731
Housing units	164	458
Homeownership rate	79.5%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	27.4%
Unemployment rate	26.6%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hermon	Star Lake
Population	338 → 603 (+78.4%)	601 → 640 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$40,109 → $83,173 (+107.4%)	$44,766 → $59,286 (+32.4%)
Median home value	$67,200 → $75,300 (+12.1%)	$66,000 → $83,600 (+26.7%)
Median gross rent	$611 → $567 (-7.2%)	$538 → $731 (+35.9%)

Hermon

Population

338603

Median household income

$40,109$83,173

Median home value

$67,200$75,300

Median gross rent

$611$567

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)

	Hermon	Star Lake
Under 5	15.6%	5.8%
5 to 17	25.2%	17.7%
18 to 24	10.3%	1.9%
25 to 34	14.9%	8.8%
35 to 44	10.3%	9.7%
45 to 54	6.6%	12.5%
55 to 64	7.0%	26.4%
65 to 74	5.6%	11.1%
75 and over	4.5%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hermon	Star Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	73.8%	82.0%
Black or African American	0.5%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.6%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	16.7%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hermon	Star Lake
No high school diploma	5.8%	8.6%
High school graduate	42.0%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	16.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hermon	Star Lake
Drove alone	91.8%	71.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	19.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hermon	Star Lake
1-unit, detached	78.0%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	12.8%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Hermon	Star Lake
Poverty rate	9.4%	28.6%
Average household size	3.63	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	38	26
Median year structure built	1938	1953