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Saranac Lake, NY

5,079 Population
2.9 square miles 1,744.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42 ±4.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Franklin County: 41.9 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$36,652 ±$3,793 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Franklin County: $30,411 ±$1,164
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $47,173 ±$209
$58,197 ±$3,934 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Franklin County: $60,270 ±$2,896
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $81,386 ±$350

16.8% ±5% (824  ±254) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Franklin County: 17.9% † 7,719 (±2.4% / ±1,029)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New York: 13.6% 2,655,662 (±0.1% / ±26,624)

15.1 minutes ±1.7 (36,105  ±6,404) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Franklin County: 20.3 358,935 (±0.9 / ±22,492)
  • about half the figure in New York: 33.2 275,523,680 (±0.1 / ±986,828)

Families

2,467 ±229 Number of households
  • Franklin County: 18,933 ±356
  • New York: 7,604,523 ±13,178
2 ±0.2 (4,810  ±384) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Franklin County: 2.3 43,133 (±0 / ±93)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New York: 2.6 19,400,424

8.3% ±5.5% (83  ±56) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Franklin County: 7.2% † 641 (±2.3% / ±210)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 4.8% 228,348 (±0.1% / ±4,362)

Housing

2,815 ±235 Number of housing units
  • Franklin County: 25,352 ±75
  • New York: 8,494,452 ±916

$175,700 ±$15,444 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Franklin County: $131,600 ±$8,801
  • about half the amount in New York: $384,100 ±$1,487

17.7% ±4.5% (888  ±,236.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Franklin County: 12% † 5,643 (±1.6% / ±,740.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 10.2% 2,026,056 (±0.1% / ±17,574.7)

Social

90.4% ±6.5% (3,344  ±,353.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Franklin County: 87% 29,420 (±3.1% / ±1,076.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 87.6% 12,281,021 (±0.2% / ±31,135.3)
39.2% ±5% (1,450  ±,216.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Franklin County: 22.2% 7,493 (±1.6% / ±,555.2)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 38.8% 5,439,415 (±0.2% / ±20,453)

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

0.8% ±0.6% (40  ±31) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Franklin County: 3.9% 1,848
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,508,936

6.6% ±2.1% (278  ±90) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Franklin County: 8.2% † 3,098 (±0.9% / ±329)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 4% 634,062 (±0% / ±5,837)
278 Total veterans ±90 248 Male ±76 30 Female ±36

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