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Plattsburgh, NY

19,907 Population
5.4 square miles 3,707.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.6 ±2.1 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: 40.9 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$31,862 ±$2,179 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: $34,834 ±$1,148
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $47,173 ±$209
$55,049 ±$4,713 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: $67,097 ±$2,802
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $81,386 ±$350

21.7% ±3.6% (3,709  ±608) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: 13% † 9,586 (±1.4% / ±1,056)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 13.6% 2,655,662 (±0.1% / ±26,624)

14.5 minutes ±1.1 (124,485  ±12,157) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: 19.7 648,250 (±0.6 / ±27,641)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in New York: 33.2 275,523,680 (±0.1 / ±986,828)

Families

8,761 ±298 Number of households
  • the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: 32,651 ±483
  • New York: 7,604,523 ±13,178
1.9 ±0.1 (16,975  ±46) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: 2.2 73,219 (±0 / ±135)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New York: 2.6 19,400,424

3.3% ±1.7% (197  ±104) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: 5% † 886 (±1.2% / ±209)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 4.8% 228,348 (±0.1% / ±4,362)

Housing

9,718 ±307 Number of housing units
  • the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: 37,309 ±118
  • New York: 8,494,452 ±916

$172,900 ±$8,465 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: $165,200 ±$4,761
  • about half the amount in New York: $384,100 ±$1,487

23.9% ±3.3% (4,728  ±,656.8) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: 13.1% 10,388 (±1.3% / ±1,032.6)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 10.2% 2,026,056 (±0.1% / ±17,574.7)

Social

92.9% ±4.6% (10,670  ±,688.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: 87.9% 48,556 (±2.6% / ±1,426.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 87.6% 12,281,021 (±0.2% / ±31,135.3)
39.8% ±3.6% (4,571  ±,455.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: 27.2% 15,013 (±1.4% / ±,792.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 38.8% 5,439,415 (±0.2% / ±20,453)

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

6.5% ±1.2% (1,299  ±235) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: 4.9% 3,885
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,508,936

5.8% ±1.1% (977  ±180) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: 7.3% 4,796 (±0.7% / ±425)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 4% 634,062 (±0% / ±5,837)
977 Total veterans ±180 878 Male ±168 99 Female ±58

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