Long Lake, New York.
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to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,478 (+116%) since Jan 2020.
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- New York$2,755
- United States$1,922
Living in Long Lake, Hamilton County, New York
Long Lake, in Hamilton County, had 596 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $71,827 a year and half less, against $68,835 across Hamilton County; 11% of its people live below the poverty line. 84% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 16% are rented. Unemployment in Hamilton County was 3.7% in August 2026, and the county had 1.6% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Hamilton County work in schools and health care, then construction.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Long Lake is a very small community in Hamilton County, with a lake of the same name running through town. Households here earn a little more than the county's typical household, and nearly everyone lives in a home they own. Winters are long, cold and very snowy, summers are mild, and a good share of adults hold a four-year degree.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, the building trades, government, and restaurants, hotels and entertainment. Across Hamilton County, the largest workplaces include the Long Lake Central School District and the Indian Lake Central School District. Getting to work takes little time for most people, and a modest number work from home. Unemployment across the county has edged up slightly over the past year, and the county has seen a small decline in jobs.
Things to do. Long Lake and Lake Eaton are in or beside town, so time on the water needs no drive at all. Adirondack Park, the large protected area, is a short drive away, as are Blue Mountain Lake and the Adirondack Museum. With deep snow through the winter and plenty of rain and melted snow across the year, the surrounding country stays green and wet.
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- 347households
- 47%of adults have a degree
- 11%below the poverty line
- 14 mintypical commute
- 9%work from home
What people in Hamilton County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Hamilton County had 1,608 jobs in 2025, 1.6% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 26° and lows near 4°; warmest in July, with highs near 77° and lows near 53°. About 105 inches of snow and 45 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Newcomb weather station, 10 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Hamilton County
- Indian Lake Central School DistrictSchool district45FTE
- Lake Pleasant Central School DistrictSchool district45FTE
- Wells Central School DistrictSchool district39FTE
- Long Lake Central School DistrictSchool district36FTE
School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Long Lake’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Hamilton County.
Long Lake home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Long Lake13
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Zip codes with a Long Lake address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Long Lake — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.