Black Creek vs Saratoga

A side-by-side comparison of Black Creek and Saratoga: population, income, housing, and more.

Black Creek and Saratoga are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Black Creek has the higher population (736 vs 306 in Saratoga). Black Creek has the higher median household income ($50,625 vs $30,662 in Saratoga). Black Creek has the higher median home value ($112,100 vs $95,000 in Saratoga).

Population, income & housing

	Black Creek	Saratoga
Population	736	306
Median age	39.5 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,625	$30,662
Median home value	$112,100	$95,000
Median gross rent	$950	$752
Housing units	352	201
Homeownership rate	65.8%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.2%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	11.1%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Black Creek	Saratoga
Population	890 → 736 (-17.3%)	413 → 306 (-25.9%)
Median household income	$46,667 → $50,625 (+8.5%)	$53,750 → $30,662 (-43.0%)
Median home value	$86,500 → $112,100 (+29.6%)	$112,700 → $95,000 (-15.7%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $950 (+37.3%)	$1,063 → $752 (-29.3%)

Black Creek

Population

890736

Median household income

$46,667$50,625

Median home value

$86,500$112,100

Median gross rent

$692$950

Saratoga

Population

413306

Median household income

$53,750$30,662

Median home value

$112,700$95,000

Median gross rent

$1,063$752

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Black Creek	Saratoga
Under 5	5.0%	3.6%
5 to 17	14.1%	19.3%
18 to 24	13.0%	6.2%
25 to 34	10.9%	9.5%
35 to 44	14.9%	11.8%
45 to 54	16.4%	8.8%
55 to 64	9.9%	22.2%
65 to 74	11.3%	3.9%
75 and over	4.3%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Black Creek	Saratoga
White (non-Hispanic)	72.3%	33.0%
Black or African American	17.9%	63.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Black Creek	Saratoga
No high school diploma	4.6%	5.5%
High school graduate	43.7%	43.8%
Some college or associate's	44.5%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Black Creek	Saratoga
Drove alone	68.4%	75.6%
Carpooled	27.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	19.7%
Other means	0.0%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Black Creek	Saratoga
1-unit, detached	69.0%	87.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.9%	12.9%

Poverty & households

	Black Creek	Saratoga
Poverty rate	16.7%	29.1%
Average household size	2.62	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	37	24
Median year structure built	1989	1982