Parishville vs Star Lake

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

Parishville 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.

Parishville has the higher population (750 vs 640 in Star Lake). Parishville has the higher median household income ($77,847 vs $59,286 in Star Lake). Parishville has the higher median home value ($95,400 vs $83,600 in Star Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Parishville	Star Lake
Population	750	640
Median age	37.8 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$77,847	$59,286
Median home value	$95,400	$83,600
Median gross rent	$1,013	$731
Housing units	327	458
Homeownership rate	65.1%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	27.4%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Parishville	Star Lake
Population	781 → 750 (-4.0%)	601 → 640 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$56,563 → $77,847 (+37.6%)	$44,766 → $59,286 (+32.4%)
Median home value	$80,000 → $95,400 (+19.3%)	$66,000 → $83,600 (+26.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,019 → $1,013 (-0.6%)	$538 → $731 (+35.9%)

Parishville

Population

781750

Median household income

$56,563$77,847

Median home value

$80,000$95,400

Median gross rent

$1,019$1,013

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)

	Parishville	Star Lake
Under 5	5.9%	5.8%
5 to 17	23.1%	17.7%
18 to 24	8.1%	1.9%
25 to 34	9.1%	8.8%
35 to 44	23.6%	9.7%
45 to 54	4.8%	12.5%
55 to 64	12.3%	26.4%
65 to 74	11.2%	11.1%
75 and over	2.0%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Parishville	Star Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	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	1.5%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Parishville	Star Lake
No high school diploma	4.2%	8.6%
High school graduate	26.9%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	45.6%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	16.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Parishville	Star Lake
Drove alone	74.5%	71.0%
Carpooled	14.5%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	19.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Parishville	Star Lake
1-unit, detached	77.1%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.7%
20 or more units	2.1%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	14.1%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Parishville	Star Lake
Poverty rate	14.9%	28.6%
Average household size	2.60	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1961	1953