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Saranac Lake, NY

5,099 Population
2.9 square miles 1,751.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42 ±7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Franklin County: 41.8 ±0.5
  • a little higher than the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$39,013 ±$4,718 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Franklin County: $31,801 ±$1,166
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$60,494 ±$4,672 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Franklin County: $63,747 ±$2,706
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

18.6% ±5.6% (920  ±287) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Franklin County: 16.5% † 7,179 (±2.1% / ±893)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

14.6 minutes ±1.8 (34,085  ±6,457) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Franklin County: 20.1 351,600 (±0.9 / ±20,276)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

2,506 ±240 Number of households
  • Franklin County: 19,234 ±342
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
1.9 ±0.3 (4,851  ±406) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Franklin County: 2.2 43,140 (±0 / ±95)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

5.9% ±4.3% (59  ±45) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Franklin County: 9% † 822 (±2.4% / ±219)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

2,820 ±248 Number of housing units
  • Franklin County: 25,442 ±66
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$188,900 ±$14,642 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Franklin County: $128,600 ±$8,968
  • about half the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

17% ±4.9% (859  ±258.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Franklin County: 10.8% † 5,039 (±1.2% / ±574.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

90.6% ±5.4% (3,392  ±371.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Franklin County: 87.3% 29,237 (±2.9% / ±984.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
42.8% ±4.5% (1,601  ±224.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Franklin County: 23.8% 7,959 (±1.7% / ±557.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 39.6% 5,535,503 (±0.2% / ±20,933.1)

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

0.7% ±0.5% (37  ±26) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Franklin County: 3.2% 1,506
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

6.2% ±1.8% (266  ±79) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Franklin County: 7.3% 2,745 (±0.7% / ±267)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
266 Total veterans ±79 238 Male ±74 28 Female ±34

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