Lake Grove vs Terryville

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Grove and Terryville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake Grove has the higher population (11,050 vs 10,962 in Terryville). Lake Grove has the higher median household income ($119,558 vs $112,262 in Terryville). Lake Grove has the higher median home value ($550,700 vs $445,100 in Terryville).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Grove	Terryville
Population	11,050	10,962
Median age	42.1 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$119,558	$112,262
Median home value	$550,700	$445,100
Median gross rent	$2,208	$2,242
Housing units	3,854	4,074
Homeownership rate	78.8%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.7%	28.2%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Grove	Terryville
Population	11,100 → 11,050 (-0.5%)	12,764 → 10,962 (-14.1%)
Median household income	$114,676 → $119,558 (+4.3%)	$110,504 → $112,262 (+1.6%)
Median home value	$417,800 → $550,700 (+31.8%)	$369,900 → $445,100 (+20.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,885 → $2,208 (+17.1%)	$2,355 → $2,242 (-4.8%)

Lake Grove

Population

11,10011,050

Median household income

$114,676$119,558

Median home value

$417,800$550,700

Median gross rent

$1,885$2,208

Terryville

Population

12,76410,962

Median household income

$110,504$112,262

Median home value

$369,900$445,100

Median gross rent

$2,355$2,242

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Grove	Terryville
Under 5	3.6%	5.0%
5 to 17	19.1%	19.7%
18 to 24	8.8%	8.5%
25 to 34	11.5%	9.3%
35 to 44	9.8%	15.7%
45 to 54	15.2%	8.9%
55 to 64	14.8%	16.0%
65 to 74	9.5%	9.7%
75 and over	7.6%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Grove	Terryville
White (non-Hispanic)	68.1%	69.7%
Black or African American	1.1%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	12.1%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	1.2%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	15.7%	20.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Grove	Terryville
No high school diploma	4.9%	12.1%
High school graduate	27.6%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	20.8%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	26.3%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	20.4%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Grove	Terryville
Drove alone	78.4%	87.5%
Carpooled	6.9%	3.7%
Public transit	4.0%	2.5%
Walked	0.2%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	3.7%
Other means	0.5%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Grove	Terryville
1-unit, detached	79.7%	78.6%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	7.8%
20 or more units	4.3%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Lake Grove	Terryville
Poverty rate	6.1%	2.5%
Average household size	2.92	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	38	32
Median year structure built	1969	1972