With 291 people, Saratoga is a city in North Carolina. At a median age of 48.7, this is an older place than the country as a whole. That trails the North Carolina median by roughly 58%. Home values have risen by half since 2000, reaching $97,900. The median household earns $30,469, about 63% below the national median. 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $30,469, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 48.7
US median: 38.9
Less educated
24% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
More affordable
home values down 10%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Saratoga
What changed most since 1990
Black share4.7% → 63.2%(+58.6 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
White share94.7% → 31.6%(−63.1 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Median home value (2024 dollars)$122,884 → $97,900(−20%)US over the same years: +67%
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)23.3%(7)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)0%(0)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era13.3%(4)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 30 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Saratoga, decade by decade
Saratoga population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
322
$43,002
$122,884
12.1%
12.6
2000
379
$57,686
$108,206
8.2%
51.5
2010
408
$71,929
$125,012
17.0%
70.1
2020
353
–
$133,082
13.9%
73.2
2024
291
$30,469
$97,900
23.9%
62.3
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
