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Saranac Lake, NY

5,003 Population
2.9 square miles 1,718.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.3 ±4.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Malone, NY Micro Area: 40.6 ±0.7
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$34,159 ±$3,128 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Malone, NY Micro Area: $27,826 ±$1,200
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $43,208 ±$189
$54,813 ±$3,736 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Malone, NY Micro Area: $55,279 ±$2,310
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $75,157 ±$322

14.4% ±4.2% (695  ±209) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Malone, NY Micro Area: 18.4% † 7,886 (±2% / ±855)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 13.5% 2,636,823 (±0.1% / ±26,596)

15.8 minutes ±2 (36,395  ±6,966) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Malone, NY Micro Area: 20.7 351,695 (±1.2 / ±24,741)
  • about half the figure in New York: 33.3 284,720,580 (±0.1 / ±1,011,891)

Families

2,406 ±230 Number of households
  • the Malone, NY Micro Area: 18,561 ±427
  • New York: 7,530,150 ±13,493
2 ±0.3 (4,763  ±432) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Malone, NY Micro Area: 2.3 42,762 (±0.1 / ±415)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New York: 2.6 19,542,206

9.5% ±5.3% (84  ±50) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Malone, NY Micro Area: 7.7% † 706 (±3.4% / ±311)
  • about double the rate in New York: 4.7% 224,967 (±0.1% / ±4,211)

Housing

2,809 ±257 Number of housing units
  • the Malone, NY Micro Area: 25,330 ±193
  • New York: 8,449,178 ±1,485

$161,000 ±$8,992 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Malone, NY Micro Area: $118,800 ±$5,691
  • about half the amount in New York: $340,600 ±$1,211

18% ±4.7% (887  ±243.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Malone, NY Micro Area: 14.4% 6,844 (±1.4% / ±653.2)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 10.3% 2,052,819 (±0.1% / ±17,823.7)

Social

92.5% ±5.1% (3,292  ±354.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Malone, NY Micro Area: 88.1% 30,237 (±3% / ±1,047.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 87.4% 12,311,423 (±0.2% / ±30,558.5)
37.2% ±4.6% (1,324  ±204.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Malone, NY Micro Area: 21.6% 7,418 (±1.7% / ±595.8)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 38.1% 5,366,712 (±0.1% / ±19,738.8)

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

0.4% ±0.4% (18  ±20) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Malone, NY Micro Area: 4% † 1,934 (±1% / ±477)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.5% 4,523,896 (±0.1% / ±18,762)

7.4% ±2.3% (303  ±98) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Malone, NY Micro Area: 7.9% † 3,066 (±0.8% / ±322)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 4.2% 665,257 (±0% / ±6,237)
303 Total veterans ±98 268 Male ±86 35 Female ±34

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