Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The best of St. Armand’s subject grades are an A+ for history and an A for the outdoors; the weakest is a C for walkability. Only 7 of the 759 New York towns we compare have a lower July high than St. Armand. 81% of the land in St. Armand is conserved, above both New York’s towns (5.2%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). The biggest place to walk is McKenzie Mountain Wilderness, 22,624 acres with 9.3 miles of trail. Only 120 of New York’s 1,216 towns score higher on the outdoors. St. Armand has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where St. Armand beats most towns.
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Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far St. Armand is from typical.
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Census counts: 210 in 1850, 1,446 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 2008 and 2 maps from 1902 on.
7 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in St. Armand, 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 St. Armand.
14 miles of trail in 5 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. McKenzie Mountain Wilderness | 9.3 mi | 22,624 |
| 2. Saranac Lakes Wild Forest | 3.7 mi | 4,237 |
| 3. Taylor Pond Wild Forest | 0.1 mi | 2,093 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Saranac Lake Central School District. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomingdale SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 103 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
Most working residents leave St. St. Armand’s average trip to work is 21 minutes, below both the New York town median (25 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Jobs based in St. Armand fell to 230 in 2023, 66 fewer than in 2013.
| St. Armand | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 6.3% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 6.2% | 10% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Adults 18 to 34 are 15% of residents (23% statewide); people 65 and older are 26% of residents (18% statewide). St. Armand’s median age is 50.7 years. St. Armand has lost 4.4% of its people since 2020, down to 1,377 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| St. Armand | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 50.7 years | 43 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 26% | 20% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 41% | 32% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 19% | 20% | 22% |
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±1.9 points. Across New York, 51.2% of residents are women. Among residents 45 to 54, 75% are men (NY 49%).
| St. Armand | NY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.8% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.8% | 9.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.3% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 7.3% | 14.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9.6% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.3% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 19.3% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 17.8% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.7% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.2% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 25% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 13.7% | 14.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 18.6% | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 18.6% | 22.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 21.9% | 17.9% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,400, single groups can be off by several points
The January low in St. Armand is 6°F. Armand has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
37% of St. Armand adults have obesity. Armand beats the New York average on 7 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 7. 31% of St. Armand adults feel lonely.
| St. Armand | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 33% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 32% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 37% | 36% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 5.1% | 5.9% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | St. Armand | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.1% | 7.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.9% | 17.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 61% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around St. Armand. Close and well known come first.
Big draw35 mi LakeLake Champlain
19 mi MountainMount Marcy
5 mi MountainWhiteface Mountain
31 mi State parkAdirondack Park
19 mi LakeLake Tear of the Clouds
9 mi LandmarkJohn Brown Farm State Historic SiteLake Champlain: Copernicus Sentinel-2, ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 igo · Mount Marcy: Daniel Tripp, Public domain · Whiteface Mountain: Mwanner, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Adirondack Park: Original uploader was Mwanner at en.wikipedia Later version(s) were uploaded by, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lake Tear of the Clouds: TheKilimanjaro, CC BY-SA 4.0 · John Brown Farm State Historic Site: Mwanner | Talk, CC BY-SA 3.0
2 within 15 miles of the center of St. Armand
About 3 of every 100 St. Armand residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
80.6% of the town is conserved land, across 5 parks and preserves.
7 places in St. Armand on the National Register of Historic Places.
Town in New York, United States
St. Armand is a town in Essex County, New York, United States. The population was 1,446 at the 2020 census. The town was named by an early settler for Saint-Armand, Quebec, in Canada. The town of St. Armand is in the northwestern corner of the county and is southwest of Plattsburgh.
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