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Plattsburgh town, Clinton County, NY

11,849 Population
45.6 square miles 259.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Clinton County: 41.5 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$39,986 ±$3,383 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Clinton County: $37,388 ±$1,822
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$72,130 ±$7,218 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Clinton County: $69,208 ±$2,576
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

10.7% ±2.7% (1,226  ±305) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Clinton County: 13.8% 10,097 (±1.1% / ±818)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

18.7 minutes ±1 (97,800  ±9,012) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Clinton County: 20.1 658,200 (±0.7 / ±29,097)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

5,194 ±270 Number of households
  • Clinton County: 33,276 ±492
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.2 ±0.1 (11,481  ±163) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Clinton County: 2.2 72,860 (±0 / ±156)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

7.2% ±3.8% (177  ±96) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Clinton County: 5.3% † 929 (±1.3% / ±219)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

5,450 ±253 Number of housing units
  • Clinton County: 37,461 ±118
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$178,800 ±$10,195 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Clinton County: $175,100 ±$5,618
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

12.1% ±3.6% (1,409  ±418.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Clinton County: 12.4% † 9,735 (±1.4% / ±1,061)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

89.7% ±5.7% (7,895  ±556) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Clinton County: 88.2% 48,421 (±2.6% / ±1,450.8)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
28.5% ±3.1% (2,505  ±285.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Clinton County: 26.8% 14,726 (±1.5% / ±820.4)
  • about three-quarters of 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

5.5% ±1.7% (650  ±203) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Clinton County: 4.7% 3,682
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

7.7% ±1.6% (735  ±154) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Clinton County: 7.6% 4,910 (±0.6% / ±398)
  • about double the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
735 Total veterans ±154 708 Male ±154 27 Female ±23

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