Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 17,516, settled in 1802.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Malta grades A− overall, 142nd of 745 graded towns in New York. Natural-hazard risk is low. The median household earns $110K and residents are healthier than 86% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. The catch is cost: the typical home is worth about $365K, 4.1 years of the Albany metro’s $88K median household income. 54% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Malta, above both New York’s towns (32%) and U.S. towns (29%). Malta has 5 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Davis-Ferris Organ and Ruhle Road Lenticular Metal Truss Bridge.
Where Malta beats most towns.
Davis-Ferris Organ is a National Historic Landmark, the National Register’s top tier.
Census counts: 1,518 in 1820, 17,130 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1775 and 5 maps from 1893 on.
5 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Malta is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Malta. Close and well known come first.
7 mi MuseumNational Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
31 mi LandmarkFort William Henry
40 mi MountainMount Greylock
26 mi Theme parkGreat Escape
5 mi TheatreSaratoga Performing Arts Center
15 mi State parkGrant Cottage State Historic SiteNational Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame: Peter Flass, CC BY 3.0 · Fort William Henry: IrisKawling at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Mount Greylock: Jstergis, CC BY 3.0 · Great Escape: Jared and Corin, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Saratoga Performing Arts Center: UpstateNYer., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Grant Cottage State Historic Site: Coingeek at English Wikipedia, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Malta, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Malta.
Malta trades workers with Albany and other neighbors and has less food insecurity than most of New York.
17 miles of trail in 11 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Saratoga Spa State Park, at 210 acres.
| Malta | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 8.7% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.6 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. 100 Acre Woods | 2.7 mi | 123 |
| 2. Shenantaha Creek Park | 1 mi | 53 |
| 3. Malta Ecological Park | 0.8 mi | 187 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Shenendehowa Central School District. One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chango Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 510 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with New York is food insecurity: 9.6% of its 23,431 adults worry about having enough food, against 17.2% statewide.
31% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Malta. Malta beats the New York average on 14 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 20% of adults get no exercise outside work in Malta.
| Malta | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 37% | 36% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 25% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 17% | 19% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Malta | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.6% | 17.2% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 4.7% | 7.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.3% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 88% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 9 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Malta.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Malta has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 14° and about 64 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Malta has about as many jobs (6,916) as working residents, but only 672 people both live and work here. The average commute takes 24.8 minutes, against 32.6 across New York.
Most working residents leave Malta for work: only 8% work in town. Jobs based in Malta fell to 6,916 in 2023, 740 fewer than in 2013. 16% of Malta workers work from home.
| Malta | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $110,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 16% | 12% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 7% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The median rent in Malta is $1,471 a month.
| Malta | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 63% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,471 a month | $1,098 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
5 within 15 miles of the center of Malta
About 3 of every 100 Malta residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
14,765 counted in 2010 and 17,130 in 2020; an estimated 17,516 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
5 places in Malta on the National Register of Historic Places.
Town in New York, United States
Malta is a town in Saratoga County, New York, United States. The town is in the central part of the county and is south of Saratoga Springs. The population was 17,130 as of the 2020 census. Malta, along with Stillwater, is home to the Luther Forest Technology Campus, a 1,414-acre (572 ha) site designed for semiconductor and nanotechnology manufacturing and other innovative technologies. This campus includes GlobalFoundries, a company specializing in the semiconductor industry, which in April 2021 moved its headquarters from Silicon Valley, California to its semiconductor-chip manufacturing facility in Saratoga County near a section of the Adirondack Northway, in Malta. Since then, Since 202…
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9 towns share a border with Malta.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malta | #142 | A− | C− | — | A− | A |
| Saratoga Springs | #199 | A− | D | C+ | A− | A |
| Stillwater | #153 | A− | C+ | A | A− | A− |
| Halfmoon | #159 | A− | C− | — | A− | A |
| Clifton Park | #35 | A+ | C | — | A | A |
| Saratoga | #187 | A− | C+ | — | A− | A− |
| Ballston | #128 | A | C− | — | B+ | A |
| Country Knolls | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Malta, Halfmoon, Clifton Park, Saratoga and Ballston report no FBI crime data of their own. Country Knolls isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Malta with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Malta grades A− overall, better than 83% of U.S. towns and #142 of 745 in New York. It grades A for health and A− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. The typical home is worth about $365,000, 30% below the New York typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
2 notable people were born here, including Elmer E. Ellsworth and Stephen Clark.
