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Census Tract 9604.01, Essex, NY

1,002 Population
1.5 square miles 662.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.5 ±11.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Saranac Lake: 40.7 † ±5.4
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Essex County: 49.9 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$40,465 ±$9,549 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Saranac Lake: $38,920 ±$3,586
  • a little less than the amount in Essex County: $42,694 ±$2,347
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
$50,500 ±$13,429 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Saranac Lake: $61,967 † ±$7,343
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Essex County: $71,661 ±$4,292
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402

9.5% ±4.5% (87  ±42) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Saranac Lake: 17.7% † 851 (±5.1% / ±252)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Essex County: 11.2% † 3,926 (±1.3% / ±463)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)

19 minutes ±4.6 (8,945  ±2,719) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Saranac Lake: 15.8 † 36,490 (±2.1 / ±7,177)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Essex County: 22.7 329,380 (±1.1 / ±19,990)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)

Families

516 ±79 Number of households
  • Saranac Lake: 2,542 ±233
  • Essex County: 16,342 ±375
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
1.8 ±0.3 (905  ±102) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Saranac Lake: 1.9 † 4,771 (±0.2 / ±393)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Essex County: 2.1 34,676 (±0.1 / ±65)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

618 ±75 Number of housing units
  • Saranac Lake: 2,819 ±245
  • Essex County: 25,484 ±84
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652

$226,300 ±$28,581 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Saranac Lake: $199,900 † ±$24,650
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Essex County: $211,900 ±$11,846
  • about half the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627

13.4% ±6.5% (134  ±66) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Saranac Lake: 12.6% † 625 (±4.1% / ±207.3)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Essex County: 9.6% † 3,537 (±1.4% / ±504.3)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)

Social

96.5% ±13.8% (691  ±130.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Saranac Lake: 91.3% 3,355 (±4.5% / ±364.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Essex County: 92.1% 26,785 (±3.2% / ±928.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
44.8% ±11.1% (321  ±88.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Saranac Lake: 46.8% 1,720 (±4.4% / ±232.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Essex County: 32.8% 9,543 (±2.1% / ±606.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.4% ±2.9% (24  ±29) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Saranac Lake: 2.1% † 106 (±1.1% / ±56)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Essex County: 4.1% 1,503
  • about 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014

7.7% ±4% (66  ±35) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Saranac Lake: 7.3% † 304 (±2.6% / ±110)
  • a little less than the rate in Essex County: 8% † 2,515 (±1% / ±307)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
66 Total veterans ±35 66 Male ±35 N/A Female ±14

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