City safety & data profile

Saratoga SpringsNY

Saratoga Springs, NY is a 28K-resident city in Saratoga County with a median household income of $105,944.

Saratoga County, New York. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Saratoga Springs, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Saratoga Springs has a population larger than 60% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $478,100, and 2 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-05

28K
Population (place)
Top 40%
By size
$105,944
Median income (place)
$478,100
Median home (place)
9.7%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Saratoga Springs

Saratoga Springs posts a median household income higher than 74% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 2 hospitals serve the Saratoga Springs area.

Top 26%
by median income, US cities
2
hospitals in & near Saratoga Springs

Where Saratoga Springs income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$105,944 Top 26% higher than 74% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Saratoga Springs $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in NY

Population among 197 NY places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows New York City is the largest NY city on this list; Scarsdale leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in NY

Median household income among the same 197-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Scarsdale posts the highest place-level median income in NY; New York City is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Saratoga Springs, NY beyond the headline numbers

Saratoga Springs sits inside Saratoga County, New York, at roughly 43.08°N, -73.78°W. Population 27,765, $105,944 median household income. Median home value $478,100, median rent $1,470. Poverty rate 9.7%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

2 hospitals in/around Saratoga Springs, 3/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

At 9.7%, poverty in Saratoga Springs, NY runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

A median home in Saratoga Springs runs about 4.5 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

25.6% of Saratoga Springs workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.

Among the CDC measures on this page, short sleep duration departs furthest from its peer median: 29.3% in Saratoga Springs, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,852 cities reporting that measure.

At 42.4 years, Saratoga Springs's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Saratoga Springs from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
27,765
Saratoga Springs · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$105,944
+19% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$478,100
+16% vs avg
Median Age (place)
42.4
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Saratoga County): Saratoga Springs's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
238K+8%
Median Income
$100,787+44%
Median Home Value
$348,600+51%
Poverty Rate
7.1%+9%
Unemployment
3.3%-49%

Economics

Economics indicators for Saratoga Springs, NY
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,470/mo
Poverty Rate
9.7% -22% vs avg
Unemployment 2.4%
Bachelor's Degree+ 59.9%
Work From Home 25.6%
Public Transit 1.9%

Population

White 84.8%
African American 2.7%
Asian 3.1%
Two or More Ethnicities 3.9%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
31.5%
High Blood Pressure
30.3%
Short Sleep Duration
29.3%
Physical Inactivity
18.2%
Binge Drinking
17.2%
Frequent Mental Distress
14.8%
Frequent Physical Distress
10.9%
Current Asthma
10.4%
Current Smoking
8.9%
Diabetes
8.8%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 70.7%
Annual Checkup 80.4%

Other Measures

Coronary Heart Disease
5.6%
Lack of Health Insurance
4.4%
Stroke
2.8%

Hospitals 2 total

Rating Distribution
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Average Rating
3/5
Total Hospitals
2
With ER
1
SARATOGA HOSPITAL
SARATOGA SPRINGS · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Saratoga Springs?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Saratoga Springs right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet NY-SARATOGA-SPRINGS-NY · Saratoga Springs

Saratoga Springs: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Saratoga Springs; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse New York state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Saratoga Springs, NY? ▼
Saratoga Springs, NY has a population of 27,765 people, located in Saratoga County, New York.
What is the median household income in Saratoga Springs? ▼
The median household income in Saratoga Springs, NY is $105,944 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 9.7%.
What is the median home value in Saratoga Springs? ▼
The median home value in Saratoga Springs, NY is $478,100. Median rent is $1,470/month.
What are the top health concerns in Saratoga Springs? ▼
The top health indicators in Saratoga Springs include Obesity (31.5%), High Blood Pressure (30.3%), Short Sleep Duration (29.3%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Saratoga Springs? ▼
Saratoga Springs has 2 hospitals with an average rating of 3/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Saratoga Springs? ▼
The median age in Saratoga Springs, NY is 42.4 years. 59.9% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Saratoga Springs, both outside New York so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside NY (9.7% here).

Santa Rosa, CA 9.7% Richardson, TX 9.7% Skokie, IL 9.7% Aspen Hill, MD 9.7%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside NY ($105,944 here).

Napa, CA $105,963 O'Fallon, IL $105,982 Youngsville, LA $105,876 New Baltimore, MI $106,033

Compare Saratoga Springs with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Wilton, NY 17K Clifton Park, NY 37K Glens Falls, NY 14K Glenville, NY 29K Schenectady, NY 65K Cohoes, NY 17K Latham, NY 21K Queensbury, NY 28K
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Using Saratoga Springs's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Saratoga Springs area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Saratoga County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.