Chateaugay vs Saranac Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Chateaugay and Saranac Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Chateaugay and Saranac Lake are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Saranac Lake has the higher population (5,099 vs 798 in Chateaugay). Chateaugay has the higher median household income ($78,750 vs $60,494 in Saranac Lake). Saranac Lake has the higher median home value ($188,900 vs $122,100 in Chateaugay).

Population, income & housing

	Chateaugay	Saranac Lake
Population	798	5,099
Median age	39.9 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$78,750	$60,494
Median home value	$122,100	$188,900
Median gross rent	$865	$826
Housing units	398	2,820
Homeownership rate	72.1%	47.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.6%	42.8%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chateaugay	Saranac Lake
Population	745 → 798 (+7.1%)	5,700 → 5,099 (-10.5%)
Median household income	$44,453 → $78,750 (+77.2%)	$48,718 → $60,494 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$83,900 → $122,100 (+45.5%)	$156,500 → $188,900 (+20.7%)
Median gross rent	$672 → $865 (+28.7%)	$724 → $826 (+14.1%)

Chateaugay

Population

745798

Median household income

$44,453$78,750

Median home value

$83,900$122,100

Median gross rent

$672$865

Saranac Lake

Population

5,7005,099

Median household income

$48,718$60,494

Median home value

$156,500$188,900

Median gross rent

$724$826

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chateaugay	Saranac Lake
Under 5	3.9%	4.6%
5 to 17	18.2%	11.2%
18 to 24	10.0%	10.7%
25 to 34	9.1%	17.0%
35 to 44	12.0%	9.8%
45 to 54	12.3%	10.2%
55 to 64	20.8%	16.5%
65 to 74	5.8%	16.1%
75 and over	7.9%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chateaugay	Saranac Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	90.8%
Black or African American	12.2%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chateaugay	Saranac Lake
No high school diploma	10.9%	9.4%
High school graduate	36.5%	16.0%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	21.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chateaugay	Saranac Lake
Drove alone	86.4%	67.9%
Carpooled	9.2%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	3.7%	11.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	0.7%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chateaugay	Saranac Lake
1-unit, detached	71.1%	44.7%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	14.1%	17.0%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	21.9%
20 or more units	2.0%	11.5%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Chateaugay	Saranac Lake
Poverty rate	20.6%	18.6%
Average household size	2.38	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	28	15
Median year structure built	1938	1938