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Census Tract 4908, St. Lawrence, NY

3,500 Population
30.8 square miles 113.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.3 ±5.3 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Potsdam: 21.7 ±0.4
  • about three-quarters of the figure in St. Lawrence County: 39.3 ±0.3
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$36,714 ±$6,758 Per capita income
  • nearly double the amount in Potsdam: $20,220 † ±$2,613
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in St. Lawrence County: $33,177 ±$1,237
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
$55,139 ±$17,928 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Potsdam: $34,546 † ±$9,432
  • about 90 percent of the amount in St. Lawrence County: $62,850 ±$2,870
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402

30.7% ±9.9% (991  ±339) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Potsdam: 29% † 1,312 (±8.8% / ±407)
  • nearly double the rate in St. Lawrence County: 16.9% 16,253 (±1.6% / ±1,530)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)

17.1 minutes ±3.4 (25,425  ±6,405) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Potsdam: 15.8 † 50,230 (±1.9 / ±8,195)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in St. Lawrence County: 21 854,680 (±0.8 / ±37,978)
  • about half the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)

Families

1,596 ±172 Number of households
  • Potsdam: 2,483 † ±279
  • St. Lawrence County: 41,666 ±542
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
2 ±0.1 (3,201  ±360) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Potsdam: 1.8 † 4,504 (±0.2 / ±308)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in St. Lawrence County: 2.3 96,503 (±0 / ±345)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424

6% ±5.4% (66  ±61) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Potsdam: 2.3% † 74 (±2.1% / ±68)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in St. Lawrence County: 5% † 1,167 (±1.1% / ±260)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)

Housing

1,800 ±160 Number of housing units
  • Potsdam: 2,865 † ±286
  • St. Lawrence County: 51,970 ±169
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652

$165,700 ±$38,624 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Potsdam: $146,400 † ±$24,620
  • about 1.4 times the amount in St. Lawrence County: $121,900 ±$3,410
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627

26.5% ±7.9% (921  ±289.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Potsdam: 28% † 2,356 (±4.8% / ±403.8)
  • more than double the rate in St. Lawrence County: 10.9% 11,558 (±0.9% / ±967.2)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)

Social

94.5% ±7.9% (1,840  ±304) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Potsdam: 93.2% 2,906 (±8% / ±399.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in St. Lawrence County: 89.9% 63,962 (±2.3% / ±1,636.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
49.6% ±6% (966  ±180.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Potsdam: 51.8% † 1,616 (±6.2% / ±260)
  • about double the rate in St. Lawrence County: 25.3% 18,014 (±1.1% / ±817.1)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)

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

5.7% ±2.5% (199  ±89) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Potsdam: 12.3% † 1,035 (±2.8% / ±239)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in St. Lawrence County: 3.7% 3,935
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014

1.5% ±0.9% (45  ±27) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Potsdam: 0.5% † 35 (±0.5% / ±41)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in St. Lawrence County: 6.7% 5,722 (±0.5% / ±462)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
45 Total veterans ±27 44 Male ±28 1 Female ±2

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