Bolton Landing vs Pottersville

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

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

Bolton Landing has the higher population (263 vs 145 in Pottersville). Bolton Landing has the higher median household income ($105,250 vs $52,000 in Pottersville). Since 2019, Pottersville's population has grown faster (-39.8% vs -54.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Bolton Landing	Pottersville
Population	263	145
Median age	57.3 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$105,250	$52,000
Median home value	—	$181,300
Housing units	479	66
Homeownership rate	77.7%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.9%	37.0%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bolton Landing	Pottersville
Population	580 → 263 (-54.7%)	241 → 145 (-39.8%)
Median household income	$35,433 → $105,250 (+197.0%)	$83,525 → $52,000 (-37.7%)
Median home value	$251,900 → $310,500 (+23.3%)	$114,300 → $181,300 (+58.6%)
Median gross rent	$932 → $967 (+3.8%)	—

Bolton Landing

Population

580263

Median household income

$35,433$105,250

Median home value

$251,900$310,500

Median gross rent

$932$967

Pottersville

Population

241145

Median household income

$83,525$52,000

Median home value

$114,300$181,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bolton Landing	Pottersville
Under 5	0.0%	18.6%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	3.0%	17.9%
25 to 34	24.7%	10.3%
35 to 44	1.9%	10.3%
45 to 54	12.2%	21.4%
55 to 64	23.2%	6.2%
65 to 74	20.2%	9.7%
75 and over	14.8%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bolton Landing	Pottersville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	55.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	6.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	34.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bolton Landing	Pottersville
No high school diploma	3.1%	16.3%
High school graduate	40.8%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	12.2%	5.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	29.3%
Graduate or professional degree	20.8%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bolton Landing	Pottersville
Drove alone	44.2%	96.6%
Carpooled	17.3%	0.0%
Public transit	22.4%	0.0%
Walked	6.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bolton Landing	Pottersville
1-unit, detached	72.9%	56.1%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	22.7%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	15.2%
20 or more units	5.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Bolton Landing	Pottersville
Poverty rate	2.3%	46.9%
Average household size	1.78	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	52	48
Median year structure built	1966	1965