Ticonderoga is in Upstate New York, south of Plattsburgh, and near the Vermont border.

The waterway running through this portage is called the La Chute River, which drains the outflow of Lake George into Lake Champlain, and it contains a waterfall at the eastern edge of the hamlet.

During the summer, a diesel-powered cable ferry connects the community to Shoreham, Vermont.

Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 1.7% of the population[8] The ancestry was 20.2% English, 19.5% French, 16.7% Irish, 7.2% Italian, 6.3% German, 2.8% Polish, 2.2% French Canadian, 1.6% Scottish, and 1.2% Dutch.

[8] The median household income was $50,700, with families having $51,908, married couples having $95,667, and non-families having $27,292.