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Plattsburgh, NY Urban Area

29,003 Population
24 square miles 1,208.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$35,185 ±$1,761 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$57,237 ±$3,953 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

19.8% ±2.2% (5,114  ±569) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

16.3 minutes ±1 (207,035  ±17,619) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

12,911 ±414 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2 ±0.1 (25,828  ±497) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

4.4% ±1.7% (360  ±144) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

13,867 ±408 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$184,800 ±$8,471 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

19.7% ±2.5% (5,666  ±717.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

91.4% ±3.9% (16,352  ±832.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
34.5% ±2.7% (6,178  ±512.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

5.5% ±1% (1,597  ±300) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

6.9% ±1.1% (1,680  ±270) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
1,680 Total veterans ±270 1,536 Male ±252 144 Female ±68

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