Malone vs Saranac Lake

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

Malone 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.

Malone has the higher population (5,466 vs 5,099 in Saranac Lake). Saranac Lake has the higher median household income ($60,494 vs $59,489 in Malone). Saranac Lake has the higher median home value ($188,900 vs $103,500 in Malone).

Population, income & housing

	Malone	Saranac Lake
Population	5,466	5,099
Median age	43.6 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$59,489	$60,494
Median home value	$103,500	$188,900
Median gross rent	$793	$826
Housing units	3,140	2,820
Homeownership rate	50.7%	47.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.9%	42.8%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Malone	Saranac Lake
Population	5,659 → 5,466 (-3.4%)	5,700 → 5,099 (-10.5%)
Median household income	$39,722 → $59,489 (+49.8%)	$48,718 → $60,494 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$83,600 → $103,500 (+23.8%)	$156,500 → $188,900 (+20.7%)
Median gross rent	$741 → $793 (+7.0%)	$724 → $826 (+14.1%)

Malone

Population

5,6595,466

Median household income

$39,722$59,489

Median home value

$83,600$103,500

Median gross rent

$741$793

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)

	Malone	Saranac Lake
Under 5	6.7%	4.6%
5 to 17	11.6%	11.2%
18 to 24	7.2%	10.7%
25 to 34	13.1%	17.0%
35 to 44	13.3%	9.8%
45 to 54	15.7%	10.2%
55 to 64	11.4%	16.5%
65 to 74	13.2%	16.1%
75 and over	7.8%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Malone	Saranac Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	90.8%
Black or African American	1.8%	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	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Malone	Saranac Lake
No high school diploma	7.8%	9.4%
High school graduate	32.6%	16.0%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	21.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Malone	Saranac Lake
Drove alone	72.5%	67.9%
Carpooled	5.0%	12.3%
Public transit	2.8%	0.8%
Walked	8.0%	11.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	8.0%	7.9%
Other means	3.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Malone	Saranac Lake
1-unit, detached	53.7%	44.7%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	28.3%	17.0%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	21.9%
20 or more units	2.8%	11.5%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Malone	Saranac Lake
Poverty rate	14.3%	18.6%
Average household size	1.99	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	13	15
Median year structure built	1938	1938