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Census Tract 9605.02, Essex, NY

3,290 Population
121.4 square miles 27.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.8 ±4.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Saranac Lake: 40.7 † ±5.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Essex County: 49.9 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$41,669 ±$16,101 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Saranac Lake: $38,920 ±$3,586
  • about the same as the amount in Essex County: $42,694 ±$2,347
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
$106,395 ±$42,730 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Saranac Lake: $61,967 † ±$7,343
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Essex County: $71,661 ±$4,292
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402

8.5% ±4.9% (168  ±100) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Saranac Lake: 17.7% † 851 (±5.1% / ±252)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Essex County: 11.2% † 3,926 (±1.3% / ±463)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)

9.9 minutes ±4.1 (10,385  ±2,816) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Saranac Lake: 15.8 † 36,490 (±2.1 / ±7,177)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in Essex County: 22.7 329,380 (±1.1 / ±19,990)
  • about one-third of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)

Families

940 ±185 Number of households
  • Saranac Lake: 2,542 ±233
  • Essex County: 16,342 ±375
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
2 ±0.5 (1,916  ±304) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Saranac Lake: 1.9 † 4,771 (±0.2 / ±393)
  • a little less than the figure in Essex County: 2.1 34,676 (±0.1 / ±65)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424

4.6% ±5.6% (22  ±28) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Saranac Lake: 3% † 28 (±3% / ±28)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Essex County: 5.8% † 377 (±2% / ±131)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)

Housing

1,216 ±169 Number of housing units
  • Saranac Lake: 2,819 ±245
  • Essex County: 25,484 ±84
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652

$540,200 ±$167,280 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in Saranac Lake: $199,900 † ±$24,650
  • more than double the amount in Essex County: $211,900 ±$11,846
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627

15.6% ±7.1% (511  ±235.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Saranac Lake: 12.6% † 625 (±4.1% / ±207.3)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Essex County: 9.6% † 3,537 (±1.4% / ±504.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)

Social

75.5% ±9.1% (2,099  ±306.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Saranac Lake: 91.3% 3,355 (±4.5% / ±364.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Essex County: 92.1% 26,785 (±3.2% / ±928.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
30.4% ±7.6% (844  ±221.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Saranac Lake: 46.8% 1,720 (±4.4% / ±232.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Essex County: 32.8% 9,543 (±2.1% / ±606.6)
  • about three-quarters of 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

14.4% ±3% (472  ±109) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Saranac Lake: 2.1% † 106 (±1.1% / ±56)
  • more than double the rate in Essex County: 4.1% 1,503
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014

2.4% ±1.5% (72  ±44) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in Saranac Lake: 7.3% † 304 (±2.6% / ±110)
  • about one-third of the rate in Essex County: 8% † 2,515 (±1% / ±307)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
72 Total veterans ±44 72 Male ±44 N/A Female ±14

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