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48% more nonprofits per person than the typical New York town.
Saratoga is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades A− overall, ranked 187th of 745 in New York, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is schools: its schools outperform 84% of the state's. It also does better than most on health: residents are healthier than 82% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. A typical home there costs about $272K, 3.1 years of the Albany metro’s $88K median household income. Saratoga has 5 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Marshall House and St. Stephen's Episcopal Church. Saratoga's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) is stronger than in 89% of U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Saratoga National Historical Park, at 112 acres.
Where Saratoga beats most towns.
Saratoga Reformed Church, Old| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Schuylerville Elementary School | PK–5 | 564 |
| Schuylerville Middle School | 6–8 | 300 |
| Schuylerville High School | 9–12 | 454 |
Census counts: 3,071 in 1790, 5,808 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1839 and 4 maps from 1900 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 Saratoga is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Saratoga. Close and well known come first.
7 mi MuseumNational Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
26 mi LandmarkFort William Henry
40 mi LakeLake George
21 mi Theme parkGreat Escape
38 mi MountainMount Greylock
11 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 · Lake George: Sixlocal, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Great Escape: Jared and Corin, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Mount Greylock: Jstergis, CC BY 3.0 · Grant Cottage State Historic Site: Coingeek at English Wikipedia, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Saratoga, 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 Saratoga.
Saratoga has less food insecurity than most of New York and has commutes shorter than most of New York, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of New York (mostly inland flooding).
Its public schools are run by the Schuylerville Central School District. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Schuylerville High School, with 454 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schuylerville Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 564 | B |
| Schuylerville High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 454 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with New York is food insecurity: 10.2% of its 11,828 adults worry about having enough food, against 17.2% statewide.
32% of Saratoga adults sleep under 7 hours, below both New York’s towns (37%) and U.S. towns (36%). 21% of adults get no exercise outside work in Saratoga. Saratoga beats the New York average on 14 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4.
| Saratoga | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 37% | 36% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 25% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 17% | 19% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 9.4% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Saratoga | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.2% | 17.2% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5% | 7.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.3% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The average commute for its 2,607 working residents takes 25.4 minutes, against 32.6 across New York. Jobs based here grew from 879 in 2013 to 1,282.
Most working residents leave Saratoga for work: only 9% work in town. Since 2013, Saratoga has added 403 jobs, to 1,282 in 2023. Saratoga’s median household income is $101,000, above both the New York town median ($82,000) and the median of U.S. towns ($80,000).
| Saratoga | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $101,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 15% | 12% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 6.6% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Saratoga has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 13° and about 64 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
5.3 miles of trail in 9 parks and preserves. Saratoga’s trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Saratoga | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.8% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Saratoga Siege Trail | 0.7 mi | 22 |
| 2. Saratoga National Historical Park | 0.6 mi | 112 |
| 3. Victory Mills Wildlife Management Area | — | 45 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 82% of New York towns, with expected losses of about $374 per resident a year; that rating is what its C for hazard risk is built on.
The FEMA risk score in Saratoga is 61 of 100. Since 1984, 25 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Saratoga.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the New York average. 39% of Saratoga adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more.
| Saratoga | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 39% | 32% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 18% | 20% | 22% |
| Median age | 42.5 years | 43 years | 40.5 years |
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.4 points. Across New York, 51.2% of residents are women.
| Saratoga | NY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.5% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.7% | 9.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.8% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13.7% | 14.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.1% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.6% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 16.1% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.1% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.4% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.5% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 30.7% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 12.3% | 14.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.5% | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 23% | 22.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 15.9% | 17.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
The median sale price was $325,000 in May 2026.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
2 within 15 miles of the center of Saratoga
About 5 of every 100 Saratoga residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
Where Saratoga’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
5 places in Saratoga on the National Register of Historic Places.
8 notable people were born in Saratoga.
Town in New York, United States
Saratoga is a town in Saratoga County, New York, United States. The population was 5,808 at the 2020 census. The name "Saratoga" is also commonly, though unofficially, used to refer to the nearby and more populous city of Saratoga Springs. The principal village within the town of Saratoga is Schuylerville, which is frequently—but not officially—referred to as Old Saratoga. The town also includes a second incorporated village, Victory. Saratoga is a corruption of a Mohawk word. It was the name of Indian hunting grounds located along both sides of the Hudson River. According to the town's history, it derives from se-rach-ta-gue, meaning "the hillside country of the quiet river". Saratoga is l…
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7 towns share a border with Saratoga.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saratoga | #187 | A− | C+ | — | A− | A− |
| Easton | — | — | C | — | B | A− |
| Saratoga Springs | #199 | A− | D | C+ | A− | A |
| Stillwater | #153 | A− | C+ | A | A− | A− |
| Malta | #142 | A− | C− | — | A− | A |
| Schuylerville | — | — | B− | — | A− | B |
| Northumberland | #225 | B+ | B | — | B | A− |
| Greenwich | #312 | B | C+ | — | B | A− |
Easton and Schuylerville have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Saratoga, Easton, Malta, Schuylerville, Northumberland and Greenwich report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Saratoga with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Saratoga grades A− overall, better than 77% of U.S. towns and #187 of 745 in New York. It grades A− for health and A− for schools.
The typical home is worth about $272,000, 48% 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+.
8 notable people were born here, including George Crum and George Elliott Howard.
