Bolton Landing vs Lake George

A side-by-side comparison of Bolton Landing and Lake George: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake George has the higher population (928 vs 263 in Bolton Landing). Bolton Landing has the higher median household income ($105,250 vs $52,411 in Lake George). Since 2019, Lake George's population has grown faster (-2.2% vs -54.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Bolton Landing	Lake George
Population	263	928
Median age	57.3 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$105,250	$52,411
Median home value	—	$302,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,079
Housing units	479	665
Homeownership rate	77.7%	45.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.9%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bolton Landing	Lake George
Population	580 → 263 (-54.7%)	949 → 928 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$35,433 → $105,250 (+197.0%)	$47,054 → $52,411 (+11.4%)
Median home value	$251,900 → $310,500 (+23.3%)	$238,700 → $302,300 (+26.6%)
Median gross rent	$932 → $967 (+3.8%)	$938 → $1,079 (+15.0%)

Bolton Landing

Population

580263

Median household income

$35,433$105,250

Median home value

$251,900$310,500

Median gross rent

$932$967

Lake George

Population

949928

Median household income

$47,054$52,411

Median home value

$238,700$302,300

Median gross rent

$938$1,079

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bolton Landing	Lake George
Under 5	0.0%	1.4%
5 to 17	0.0%	5.9%
18 to 24	3.0%	11.7%
25 to 34	24.7%	17.6%
35 to 44	1.9%	5.3%
45 to 54	12.2%	16.8%
55 to 64	23.2%	18.9%
65 to 74	20.2%	15.7%
75 and over	14.8%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bolton Landing	Lake George
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	77.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	17.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bolton Landing	Lake George
No high school diploma	3.1%	11.7%
High school graduate	40.8%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	12.2%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	20.8%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bolton Landing	Lake George
Drove alone	44.2%	72.6%
Carpooled	17.3%	2.9%
Public transit	22.4%	0.0%
Walked	6.4%	17.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	9.6%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bolton Landing	Lake George
1-unit, detached	72.9%	57.3%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	36.1%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	2.4%
20 or more units	5.6%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bolton Landing	Lake George
Poverty rate	2.3%	8.7%
Average household size	1.78	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	52	20
Median year structure built	1966	1963