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Saranac Lake, NY

4,965 Population
2.9 square miles 1,705.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.7 ±5.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Franklin County: 42 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$38,920 ±$3,586 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Franklin County: $32,684 ±$1,238
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
$61,967 ±$7,343 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Franklin County: $65,151 ±$3,697
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402

17.7% ±5.1% (851  ±252) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Franklin County: 18.3% † 7,841 (±1.9% / ±831)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)

15.8 minutes ±2.1 (36,490  ±7,177) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Franklin County: 20.7 363,795 (±1.2 / ±25,248)
  • about half the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)

Families

2,542 ±233 Number of households
  • Franklin County: 19,514 ±405
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
1.9 ±0.2 (4,771  ±393) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Franklin County: 2.2 42,565 (±0.1 / ±113)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424

3% ±3% (28  ±28) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Franklin County: 9.3% † 851 (±2.5% / ±224)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)

Housing

2,819 ±245 Number of housing units
  • Franklin County: 25,494 ±81
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652

$199,900 ±$24,650 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Franklin County: $145,400 ±$10,253
  • about half the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627

12.6% ±4.1% (625  ±207.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Franklin County: 9.6% † 4,449 (±1.4% / ±623.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)

Social

91.3% ±4.5% (3,355  ±364.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Franklin County: 86.8% 29,199 (±3% / ±1,028)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
46.8% ±4.4% (1,720  ±232.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about double the rate in Franklin County: 23.8% 8,013 (±1.6% / ±554.5)
  • about 20 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

2.1% ±1.1% (106  ±56) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Franklin County: 3.5% 1,638
  • about 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014

7.3% ±2.6% (304  ±110) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Franklin County: 7.3% † 2,731 (±0.8% / ±287)
  • about double the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
304 Total veterans ±110 248 Male ±88 56 Female ±52

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