Lake George vs Lake Luzerne

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

Lake George 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 928 in Lake George). Lake Luzerne has the higher median household income ($53,594 vs $52,411 in Lake George). Lake George has the higher median home value ($302,300 vs $198,300 in Lake Luzerne).

Population, income & housing

	Lake George	Lake Luzerne
Population	928	1,171
Median age	52.1 yrs	55.4 yrs
Median household income	$52,411	$53,594
Median home value	$302,300	$198,300
Median gross rent	$1,079	—
Housing units	665	1,176
Homeownership rate	45.1%	85.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%	35.7%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake George	Lake Luzerne
Population	949 → 928 (-2.2%)	1,156 → 1,171 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$47,054 → $52,411 (+11.4%)	$55,833 → $53,594 (-4.0%)
Median home value	$238,700 → $302,300 (+26.6%)	$137,500 → $198,300 (+44.2%)
Median gross rent	$938 → $1,079 (+15.0%)	$1,173 → $1,151 (-1.9%)

Lake George

Population

949928

Median household income

$47,054$52,411

Median home value

$238,700$302,300

Median gross rent

$938$1,079

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)

	Lake George	Lake Luzerne
Under 5	1.4%	4.4%
5 to 17	5.9%	14.3%
18 to 24	11.7%	1.5%
25 to 34	17.6%	13.6%
35 to 44	5.3%	9.1%
45 to 54	16.8%	6.4%
55 to 64	18.9%	20.6%
65 to 74	15.7%	12.2%
75 and over	6.7%	17.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake George	Lake Luzerne
White (non-Hispanic)	77.4%	98.3%
Black or African American	0.9%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	17.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake George	Lake Luzerne
No high school diploma	11.7%	6.4%
High school graduate	27.2%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	21.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake George	Lake Luzerne
Drove alone	72.6%	65.9%
Carpooled	2.9%	30.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	17.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake George	Lake Luzerne
1-unit, detached	57.3%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	36.1%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	3.5%
20 or more units	3.9%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Lake George	Lake Luzerne
Poverty rate	8.7%	15.5%
Average household size	1.88	1.78
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	1963	1959