Hawthorne vs Lake Mohegan

A side-by-side comparison of Hawthorne and Lake Mohegan: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake Mohegan has the higher population (5,566 vs 4,881 in Hawthorne). Lake Mohegan has the higher median household income ($160,741 vs $134,797 in Hawthorne). Hawthorne has the higher median home value ($671,300 vs $483,700 in Lake Mohegan).

Population, income & housing

	Hawthorne	Lake Mohegan
Population	4,881	5,566
Median age	42.9 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$134,797	$160,741
Median home value	$671,300	$483,700
Median gross rent	$3,501	$2,685
Housing units	1,749	2,235
Homeownership rate	86.2%	77.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.7%	58.4%
Unemployment rate	12.1%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hawthorne	Lake Mohegan
Population	4,658 → 4,881 (+4.8%)	5,808 → 5,566 (-4.2%)
Median household income	$104,609 → $134,797 (+28.9%)	$135,257 → $160,741 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$590,400 → $671,300 (+13.7%)	$371,400 → $483,700 (+30.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,090 → $3,501 (+67.5%)	$2,089 → $2,685 (+28.5%)

Hawthorne

Population

4,6584,881

Median household income

$104,609$134,797

Median home value

$590,400$671,300

Median gross rent

$2,090$3,501

Lake Mohegan

Population

5,8085,566

Median household income

$135,257$160,741

Median home value

$371,400$483,700

Median gross rent

$2,089$2,685

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hawthorne	Lake Mohegan
Under 5	5.0%	5.0%
5 to 17	13.1%	14.9%
18 to 24	9.9%	5.7%
25 to 34	12.0%	17.8%
35 to 44	11.9%	10.2%
45 to 54	11.6%	14.4%
55 to 64	16.1%	14.9%
65 to 74	11.9%	9.4%
75 and over	8.4%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hawthorne	Lake Mohegan
White (non-Hispanic)	87.4%	64.8%
Black or African American	0.1%	6.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	22.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hawthorne	Lake Mohegan
No high school diploma	5.5%	5.2%
High school graduate	21.0%	14.4%
Some college or associate's	18.8%	22.1%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	31.1%
Graduate or professional degree	28.8%	27.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hawthorne	Lake Mohegan
Drove alone	60.8%	71.4%
Carpooled	5.2%	3.5%
Public transit	17.3%	10.0%
Walked	0.6%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.0%	12.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hawthorne	Lake Mohegan
1-unit, detached	89.5%	70.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	9.9%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.5%
20 or more units	2.9%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hawthorne	Lake Mohegan
Poverty rate	5.6%	5.6%
Average household size	2.84	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	31	38
Median year structure built	1955	1967