Lake Luzerne vs Pottersville

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

Lake Luzerne and Pottersville 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 145 in Pottersville). Lake Luzerne has the higher median household income ($53,594 vs $52,000 in Pottersville). Lake Luzerne has the higher median home value ($198,300 vs $181,300 in Pottersville).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Luzerne	Pottersville
Population	1,171	145
Median age	55.4 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$53,594	$52,000
Median home value	$198,300	$181,300
Housing units	1,176	66
Homeownership rate	85.7%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.7%	37.0%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Luzerne	Pottersville
Population	1,156 → 1,171 (+1.3%)	241 → 145 (-39.8%)
Median household income	$55,833 → $53,594 (-4.0%)	$83,525 → $52,000 (-37.7%)
Median home value	$137,500 → $198,300 (+44.2%)	$114,300 → $181,300 (+58.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,173 → $1,151 (-1.9%)	—

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

Pottersville

Population

241145

Median household income

$83,525$52,000

Median home value

$114,300$181,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Luzerne	Pottersville
Under 5	4.4%	18.6%
5 to 17	14.3%	0.0%
18 to 24	1.5%	17.9%
25 to 34	13.6%	10.3%
35 to 44	9.1%	10.3%
45 to 54	6.4%	21.4%
55 to 64	20.6%	6.2%
65 to 74	12.2%	9.7%
75 and over	17.9%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Luzerne	Pottersville
White (non-Hispanic)	98.3%	55.9%
Black or African American	1.5%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	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+

	Lake Luzerne	Pottersville
No high school diploma	6.4%	16.3%
High school graduate	26.5%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	5.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	29.3%
Graduate or professional degree	21.3%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Luzerne	Pottersville
Drove alone	65.9%	96.6%
Carpooled	30.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Luzerne	Pottersville
1-unit, detached	86.1%	56.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	22.7%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	15.2%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Lake Luzerne	Pottersville
Poverty rate	15.5%	46.9%
Average household size	1.78	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	18	48
Median year structure built	1959	1965