Lake DeltaNY
3,202 residents make their home in this town in New York.
Is Lake Delta a good place to live?
1.8% of residents live below the poverty line in Lake Delta, below both the New York town median (9.5%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). We don’t grade Lake Delta yet; the figures below are still real.
97% of working residents leave Lake Delta for work
Where Lake Delta’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Moving to Lake Delta: who provides what
Lake Delta is unincorporated, so Oneida County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Lake Delta.
The biggest natural risk in Lake Delta is inland flooding, at a very low overall level
Compared with 89% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage in Lake Delta is lower. FEMA puts 70% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 10% to cold waves.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
With only 0.2 jobs per working resident, most people in Lake Delta work out of town
Commuting out is the norm in Lake Delta: 3% of working residents work locally. Its average commute stands at 19 minutes. Employers in Lake Delta shed 50 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 234. The top destinations are Rome (30%), Utica (8%) and Syracuse (5%).
| Lake Delta | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $100,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.1% | 10% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Lake Delta skews older than New York
Two in five adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Lake Delta. People 65 and older are 30% of residents (18% statewide); children under 18 are 15% of residents (21% statewide). The town’s midpoint age is 49.2 years.
| Lake Delta | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 49.2 years | 43 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 15% | 20% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 40% | 32% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±5.6 points. Across New York, 51.2% of residents are women.
| Lake Delta | NY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 7.2% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.9% | 9.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 13.2% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 7.9% | 14.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 6.6% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.2% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.9% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 19.6% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 10.6% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.8% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 16.1% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 26% | 14.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 13.5% | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19.5% | 22.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 20.1% | 17.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,200, single groups can be off by several points
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Lake Delta is
Among adults in Lake Delta, 29% feel lonely and 83% had a checkup this year. CDC measures, 32 in all: Lake Delta beats New York on 14 and trails on 3. In Lake Delta, 13% of adults report frequent mental distress.
| Lake Delta | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 32% | 33% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 83% | 81% | 79% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 21% | 23% |
| What stands out | Lake Delta | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.3% | 17.2% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 3.7% | 7.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 12.1% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The median home in Lake Delta sells for about $420K
The median rent for Lake Delta comes to $907 a month. Among households locally, 90% live in a home they own.
| Lake Delta | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 90% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $907 a month | $1,101 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
JMA Wireless Dome and 21 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lake Delta. Close and well known come first.
38 mi Stadium & arenaJMA Wireless Dome
5 mi National MonumentFort Stanwix National Monument78K visitors a year
40 mi LakeOnondaga Lake30 mi LandmarkFort Dayton
17 mi Stadium & arenaUtica Memorial Auditorium
30 mi State parkGreen Lakes State ParkPhoto credits
JMA Wireless Dome: Jimhoward03, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Stanwix National Monument: NPS photo, Public domain · Onondaga Lake: R. A. Nonenmacher, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Utica Memorial Auditorium: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Green Lakes State Park: Ebedgert at English Wikipedia, Public domain
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Everything we know about Lake Delta
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Lake Delta; the nearest are
About 7 of every 100 Lake Delta residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New York.
About Lake Delta
Hamlet and CDP in New York, United States
Lake Delta is a hamlet (and census-designated place) located in the Town of Lee in Oneida County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, Lake Delta had a population of 2,757. The hamlet is named after, and located on, the western shore of the Delta Reservoir.
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- Area
- 4.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 594 ft
Lake Delta’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Lake Delta.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Delta | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rome | #687 | D | B− | C | D | C− |
| Lee | #613 | C− | B | — | D | C+ |
Lee reports no FBI crime data of its own. Lake Delta isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Lake Delta with a neighbor →
Questions about Lake Delta
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Lake Delta, NY a good place to live?
We don’t grade Lake Delta yet; the figures below are still real.