Fort Covington vs Saranac Lake

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

Fort Covington 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 1,053 in Fort Covington). Saranac Lake has the higher median household income ($60,494 vs $54,545 in Fort Covington). Saranac Lake has the higher median home value ($188,900 vs $113,000 in Fort Covington).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Covington	Saranac Lake
Population	1,053	5,099
Median age	40.3 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$54,545	$60,494
Median home value	$113,000	$188,900
Median gross rent	$820	$826
Housing units	516	2,820
Homeownership rate	82.4%	47.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	42.8%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Covington	Saranac Lake
Population	1,390 → 1,053 (-24.2%)	5,700 → 5,099 (-10.5%)
Median household income	$49,071 → $54,545 (+11.2%)	$48,718 → $60,494 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$83,800 → $113,000 (+34.8%)	$156,500 → $188,900 (+20.7%)
Median gross rent	$770 → $820 (+6.5%)	$724 → $826 (+14.1%)

Fort Covington

Population

1,3901,053

Median household income

$49,071$54,545

Median home value

$83,800$113,000

Median gross rent

$770$820

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)

	Fort Covington	Saranac Lake
Under 5	3.3%	4.6%
5 to 17	21.4%	11.2%
18 to 24	6.2%	10.7%
25 to 34	11.2%	17.0%
35 to 44	11.2%	9.8%
45 to 54	15.2%	10.2%
55 to 64	9.4%	16.5%
65 to 74	8.5%	16.1%
75 and over	13.6%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Covington	Saranac Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	90.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.8%	0.8%
Asian	0.2%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Covington	Saranac Lake
No high school diploma	6.7%	9.4%
High school graduate	36.5%	16.0%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	21.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Covington	Saranac Lake
Drove alone	60.0%	67.9%
Carpooled	23.0%	12.3%
Public transit	3.2%	0.8%
Walked	0.9%	11.0%
Bicycle	3.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	9.8%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Covington	Saranac Lake
1-unit, detached	77.9%	44.7%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	17.0%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	21.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.5%
Mobile home & other	8.9%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Fort Covington	Saranac Lake
Poverty rate	15.2%	18.6%
Average household size	2.54	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	17	15
Median year structure built	1964	1938