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Plattsburgh, NY

19,830 Population
5.4 square miles 3,693.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.9 ±2.3 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: 41.9 ±0.6
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,584 ±$2,215 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: $38,591 ±$1,647
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$57,630 ±$3,842 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: $71,224 ±$2,611
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

22.7% ±2.9% (3,906  ±502) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: 13.7% 10,003 (±1.2% / ±889)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.6 minutes ±1.7 (151,560  ±18,491) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: 20.4 671,105 (±0.8 / ±30,746)
  • about half the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

9,250 ±327 Number of households
  • the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: 33,556 ±442
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.8 ±0.1 (17,057  ±67) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: 2.2 72,405 (±0 / ±167)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.8% ±1.8% (230  ±106) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: 5.2% † 898 (±1.4% / ±245)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

9,960 ±325 Number of housing units
  • the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: 37,658 ±101
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$195,900 ±$11,365 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: $180,600 ±$6,729
  • about half the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

22.2% ±3.1% (4,361  ±615.5) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: 11.5% † 8,952 (±1.2% / ±936)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.2% ±5.1% (10,914  ±711.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: 88.1% 48,311 (±2.6% / ±1,446.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
40.5% ±3.5% (4,790  ±448.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: 27.6% 15,109 (±1.4% / ±763.8)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

6.9% ±1.5% (1,372  ±288) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: 4.8% 3,756
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.7% ±1.3% (1,158  ±227) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: 7.8% 4,993 (±0.6% / ±400)
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,158 Total veterans ±227 1,019 Male ±212 139 Female ±77

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