Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Saranac Lake, NY Urban Area

5,198 Population
3.1 square miles 1,677.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

40.8 ±5.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,134 ±$3,474 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$61,788 ±$6,337 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19.1% ±4.9% (962  ±254) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

15.2 minutes ±1.9 (36,505  ±6,752) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,653 ±237 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.9 ±0.2 (4,923  ±356) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3% ±2.9% (28  ±28) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,972 ±240 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$190,200 ±$16,929 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.4% ±4% (640  ±211.8) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.9% ±5% (3,493  ±366.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
44.2% ±4.6% (1,701  ±233.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

2.2% ±1.1% (112  ±55) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.1% ±2.4% (312  ±109) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
312 Total veterans ±109 256 Male ±87 56 Female ±52

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.