Lake Luzerne vs West Glens Falls

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

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

West Glens Falls has the higher population (9,967 vs 1,171 in Lake Luzerne). West Glens Falls has the higher median household income ($97,333 vs $53,594 in Lake Luzerne). West Glens Falls has the higher median home value ($256,100 vs $198,300 in Lake Luzerne).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Luzerne	West Glens Falls
Population	1,171	9,967
Median age	55.4 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$53,594	$97,333
Median home value	$198,300	$256,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,375
Housing units	1,176	4,038
Homeownership rate	85.7%	85.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.7%	31.9%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Luzerne	West Glens Falls
Population	1,156 → 1,171 (+1.3%)	6,860 → 9,967 (+45.3%)
Median household income	$55,833 → $53,594 (-4.0%)	$63,906 → $97,333 (+52.3%)
Median home value	$137,500 → $198,300 (+44.2%)	$172,000 → $256,100 (+48.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,173 → $1,151 (-1.9%)	$1,219 → $1,375 (+12.8%)

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

West Glens Falls

Population

6,8609,967

Median household income

$63,906$97,333

Median home value

$172,000$256,100

Median gross rent

$1,219$1,375

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Luzerne	West Glens Falls
Under 5	4.4%	4.0%
5 to 17	14.3%	20.6%
18 to 24	1.5%	6.1%
25 to 34	13.6%	8.1%
35 to 44	9.1%	15.0%
45 to 54	6.4%	14.1%
55 to 64	20.6%	14.4%
65 to 74	12.2%	11.1%
75 and over	17.9%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Luzerne	West Glens Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	98.3%	91.5%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Luzerne	West Glens Falls
No high school diploma	6.4%	8.2%
High school graduate	26.5%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	21.3%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Luzerne	West Glens Falls
Drove alone	65.9%	77.2%
Carpooled	30.9%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	8.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Luzerne	West Glens Falls
1-unit, detached	86.1%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Lake Luzerne	West Glens Falls
Poverty rate	15.5%	7.5%
Average household size	1.78	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	18	21
Median year structure built	1959	1984