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Potsdam town, St. Lawrence County, NY

14,917 Population
101.4 square miles 147.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

26.2 ±2.4 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in St. Lawrence County: 39 ±0.4
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$27,227 ±$1,997 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in St. Lawrence County: $31,574 ±$889
  • about half the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$53,190 ±$10,460 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in St. Lawrence County: $61,900 ±$2,508
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

17.4% ±4.6% (1,895  ±505) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in St. Lawrence County: 17.4% 16,924 (±1.5% / ±1,478)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

17.6 minutes ±2 (102,405  ±13,867) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in St. Lawrence County: 21 851,345 (±0.7 / ±36,131)
  • about half the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

5,238 ±295 Number of households
  • St. Lawrence County: 41,732 ±460
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.1 ±0.1 (10,827  ±293) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in St. Lawrence County: 2.3 97,316 (±0 / ±325)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

2.9% ±2.1% (122  ±88) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in St. Lawrence County: 5.1% † 1,209 (±1.1% / ±250)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

5,810 ±309 Number of housing units
  • St. Lawrence County: 51,884 ±153
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$134,100 ±$10,197 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in St. Lawrence County: $119,800 ±$2,814
  • about one-third of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

18.7% ±3% (2,775  ±443.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in St. Lawrence County: 10.9% 11,666 (±0.9% / ±996.4)
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

92.3% ±4.6% (7,154  ±547.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in St. Lawrence County: 89.1% 63,437 (±2.2% / ±1,592.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
35.1% ±3.5% (2,725  ±315) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in St. Lawrence County: 24.6% 17,541 (±1.1% / ±805)
  • about 90 percent 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

7% ±1.4% (1,043  ±206) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in St. Lawrence County: 3.5% 3,784
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

2.7% ±0.8% (349  ±101) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in St. Lawrence County: 7.1% 6,098 (±0.6% / ±499)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
349 Total veterans ±101 333 Male ±100 16 Female ±14

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