Chestertown vs Lake George

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

Chestertown 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 529 in Chestertown). Chestertown has the higher median household income ($64,438 vs $52,411 in Lake George). Lake George has the higher median home value ($302,300 vs $200,000 in Chestertown).

Population, income & housing

	Chestertown	Lake George
Population	529	928
Median age	39.8 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$64,438	$52,411
Median home value	$200,000	$302,300
Median gross rent	$639	$1,079
Housing units	294	665
Homeownership rate	68.5%	45.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	18.2%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chestertown	Lake George
Population	430 → 529 (+23.0%)	949 → 928 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$52,917 → $64,438 (+21.8%)	$47,054 → $52,411 (+11.4%)
Median home value	$164,900 → $200,000 (+21.3%)	$238,700 → $302,300 (+26.6%)
Median gross rent	$761 → $639 (-16.0%)	$938 → $1,079 (+15.0%)

Chestertown

Population

430529

Median household income

$52,917$64,438

Median home value

$164,900$200,000

Median gross rent

$761$639

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)

	Chestertown	Lake George
Under 5	3.2%	1.4%
5 to 17	3.8%	5.9%
18 to 24	24.0%	11.7%
25 to 34	16.8%	17.6%
35 to 44	8.7%	5.3%
45 to 54	18.9%	16.8%
55 to 64	13.6%	18.9%
65 to 74	5.9%	15.7%
75 and over	5.1%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chestertown	Lake George
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	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	2.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	17.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chestertown	Lake George
No high school diploma	14.2%	11.7%
High school graduate	40.0%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	18.1%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chestertown	Lake George
Drove alone	60.0%	72.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.5%	17.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	27.5%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chestertown	Lake George
1-unit, detached	68.0%	57.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	22.8%	36.1%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chestertown	Lake George
Poverty rate	9.3%	8.7%
Average household size	2.46	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	28	20
Median year structure built	1971	1963