Elm City vs Saratoga

A side-by-side comparison of Elm City and Saratoga: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Elm City has the higher population (1,173 vs 306 in Saratoga). Elm City has the higher median household income ($44,698 vs $30,662 in Saratoga). Elm City has the higher median home value ($106,600 vs $95,000 in Saratoga).

Population, income & housing

	Elm City	Saratoga
Population	1,173	306
Median age	49.6 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$44,698	$30,662
Median home value	$106,600	$95,000
Median gross rent	$829	$752
Housing units	596	201
Homeownership rate	65.4%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elm City	Saratoga
Population	1,445 → 1,173 (-18.8%)	413 → 306 (-25.9%)
Median household income	$40,451 → $44,698 (+10.5%)	$53,750 → $30,662 (-43.0%)
Median home value	$82,100 → $106,600 (+29.8%)	$112,700 → $95,000 (-15.7%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $829 (+29.9%)	$1,063 → $752 (-29.3%)

Elm City

Population

1,4451,173

Median household income

$40,451$44,698

Median home value

$82,100$106,600

Median gross rent

$638$829

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)

	Elm City	Saratoga
Under 5	2.6%	3.6%
5 to 17	13.0%	19.3%
18 to 24	8.3%	6.2%
25 to 34	11.1%	9.5%
35 to 44	10.0%	11.8%
45 to 54	14.7%	8.8%
55 to 64	13.7%	22.2%
65 to 74	19.4%	3.9%
75 and over	7.3%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elm City	Saratoga
White (non-Hispanic)	28.3%	33.0%
Black or African American	65.4%	63.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.1%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elm City	Saratoga
No high school diploma	15.1%	5.5%
High school graduate	39.5%	43.8%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elm City	Saratoga
Drove alone	74.9%	75.6%
Carpooled	16.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	19.7%
Other means	0.0%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elm City	Saratoga
1-unit, detached	74.3%	87.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	12.9%

Poverty & households

	Elm City	Saratoga
Poverty rate	18.4%	29.1%
Average household size	2.24	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1978	1982