Niagara County vs Saratoga County

A side-by-side comparison of Niagara County and Saratoga County: population, income, housing, and more.

Niagara County and Saratoga County are counties in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Saratoga County has the higher population (237,075 vs 211,341 in Niagara County). Saratoga County has the higher median household income ($99,653 vs $67,809 in Niagara County). Saratoga County has the higher median home value ($324,800 vs $177,400 in Niagara County).

Population, income & housing

	Niagara County	Saratoga County
Population	211,341	237,075
Median age	43.2 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$67,809	$99,653
Median home value	$177,400	$324,800
Median gross rent	$870	$1,347
Housing units	100,335	111,127
Homeownership rate	70.9%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.2%	43.8%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Niagara County	Saratoga County
Population	210,820 → 211,341 (+0.2%)	228,502 → 237,075 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$55,522 → $67,809 (+22.1%)	$84,291 → $99,653 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$125,600 → $177,400 (+41.2%)	$258,300 → $324,800 (+25.7%)
Median gross rent	$703 → $870 (+23.8%)	$1,138 → $1,347 (+18.4%)

Niagara County

Population

210,820211,341

Median household income

$55,522$67,809

Median home value

$125,600$177,400

Median gross rent

$703$870

Saratoga County

Population

228,502237,075

Median household income

$84,291$99,653

Median home value

$258,300$324,800

Median gross rent

$1,138$1,347

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Niagara County	Saratoga County
Under 5	5.1%	4.7%
5 to 17	14.9%	14.7%
18 to 24	7.9%	7.9%
25 to 34	12.3%	11.9%
35 to 44	11.9%	12.9%
45 to 54	12.2%	13.6%
55 to 64	15.6%	14.9%
65 to 74	12.2%	11.7%
75 and over	8.0%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Niagara County	Saratoga County
White (non-Hispanic)	82.8%	87.8%
Black or African American	6.3%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.1%
Asian	1.2%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.9%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Niagara County	Saratoga County
No high school diploma	8.0%	5.8%
High school graduate	32.4%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	24.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	19.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Niagara County	Saratoga County
Drove alone	78.1%	75.2%
Carpooled	7.8%	6.3%
Public transit	0.8%	0.6%
Walked	2.6%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	9.2%	15.7%
Other means	1.2%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Niagara County	Saratoga County
1-unit, detached	67.8%	62.2%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	14.6%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	7.5%
20 or more units	4.5%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Niagara County	Saratoga County
Poverty rate	13.0%	6.7%
Average household size	2.26	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1958	1984