Chestertown vs Lake Luzerne

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

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

Lake Luzerne has the higher population (1,171 vs 529 in Chestertown). Chestertown has the higher median household income ($64,438 vs $53,594 in Lake Luzerne). Chestertown has the higher median home value ($200,000 vs $198,300 in Lake Luzerne).

Population, income & housing

	Chestertown	Lake Luzerne
Population	529	1,171
Median age	39.8 yrs	55.4 yrs
Median household income	$64,438	$53,594
Median home value	$200,000	$198,300
Median gross rent	$639	—
Housing units	294	1,176
Homeownership rate	68.5%	85.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	35.7%
Unemployment rate	18.2%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chestertown	Lake Luzerne
Population	430 → 529 (+23.0%)	1,156 → 1,171 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$52,917 → $64,438 (+21.8%)	$55,833 → $53,594 (-4.0%)
Median home value	$164,900 → $200,000 (+21.3%)	$137,500 → $198,300 (+44.2%)
Median gross rent	$761 → $639 (-16.0%)	$1,173 → $1,151 (-1.9%)

Chestertown

Population

430529

Median household income

$52,917$64,438

Median home value

$164,900$200,000

Median gross rent

$761$639

Lake Luzerne

Population

1,1561,171

Median household income

$55,833$53,594

Median home value

$137,500$198,300

Median gross rent

$1,173$1,151

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chestertown	Lake Luzerne
Under 5	3.2%	4.4%
5 to 17	3.8%	14.3%
18 to 24	24.0%	1.5%
25 to 34	16.8%	13.6%
35 to 44	8.7%	9.1%
45 to 54	18.9%	6.4%
55 to 64	13.6%	20.6%
65 to 74	5.9%	12.2%
75 and over	5.1%	17.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chestertown	Lake Luzerne
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	98.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chestertown	Lake Luzerne
No high school diploma	14.2%	6.4%
High school graduate	40.0%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	18.1%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	21.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chestertown	Lake Luzerne
Drove alone	60.0%	65.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	30.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.5%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chestertown	Lake Luzerne
1-unit, detached	68.0%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	22.8%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Chestertown	Lake Luzerne
Poverty rate	9.3%	15.5%
Average household size	2.46	1.78
Mean commute (minutes)	28	18
Median year structure built	1971	1959