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Plattsburgh, NY

19,878 Population
5.4 square miles 3,702.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.5 ±1.6 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: 41.5 ±0.5
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$33,030 ±$2,165 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: $37,388 ±$1,822
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$53,962 ±$4,090 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: $69,208 ±$2,576
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

24.2% ±3% (4,149  ±507) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: 13.8% 10,097 (±1.1% / ±818)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

15.1 minutes ±1.5 (132,815  ±16,118) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: 20.1 658,200 (±0.7 / ±29,097)
  • about half the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

8,973 ±349 Number of households
  • the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: 33,276 ±492
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
1.9 ±0.1 (17,067  ±69) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: 2.2 72,860 (±0 / ±156)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

3.3% ±1.7% (208  ±104) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: 5.3% † 929 (±1.3% / ±219)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

9,806 ±347 Number of housing units
  • the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: 37,461 ±118
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$189,600 ±$12,978 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: $175,100 ±$5,618
  • about half the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

22.6% ±3.1% (4,468  ±615) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: 12.4% † 9,735 (±1.4% / ±1,061)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

92.4% ±5% (10,453  ±672.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: 88.2% 48,421 (±2.6% / ±1,450.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
38.9% ±3.7% (4,403  ±446.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: 26.8% 14,726 (±1.5% / ±820.4)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 39.6% 5,535,503 (±0.2% / ±20,933.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

6.3% ±1.3% (1,261  ±254) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: 4.7% 3,682
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

6.1% ±1.2% (1,026  ±207) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: 7.6% 4,910 (±0.6% / ±398)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
1,026 Total veterans ±207 909 Male ±186 117 Female ±62

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