Dannemora vs Plattsburgh

A side-by-side comparison of Dannemora and Plattsburgh: population, income, housing, and more.

Dannemora and Plattsburgh are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Plattsburgh has the higher population (19,878 vs 2,831 in Dannemora). Dannemora has the higher median household income ($70,938 vs $53,962 in Plattsburgh). Plattsburgh has the higher median home value ($189,600 vs $127,600 in Dannemora).

Population, income & housing

	Dannemora	Plattsburgh
Population	2,831	19,878
Median age	38.0 yrs	29.5 yrs
Median household income	$70,938	$53,962
Median home value	$127,600	$189,600
Median gross rent	$941	$964
Housing units	395	9,806
Homeownership rate	78.7%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.2%	38.9%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dannemora	Plattsburgh
Population	3,958 → 2,831 (-28.5%)	19,465 → 19,878 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$56,339 → $70,938 (+25.9%)	$49,065 → $53,962 (+10.0%)
Median home value	$104,600 → $127,600 (+22.0%)	$148,700 → $189,600 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	$821 → $941 (+14.6%)	$813 → $964 (+18.6%)

Dannemora

Population

3,9582,831

Median household income

$56,339$70,938

Median home value

$104,600$127,600

Median gross rent

$821$941

Plattsburgh

Population

19,46519,878

Median household income

$49,065$53,962

Median home value

$148,700$189,600

Median gross rent

$813$964

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dannemora	Plattsburgh
Under 5	2.1%	3.6%
5 to 17	4.0%	11.1%
18 to 24	3.5%	28.3%
25 to 34	30.6%	11.8%
35 to 44	25.8%	10.1%
45 to 54	16.2%	10.9%
55 to 64	13.0%	8.2%
65 to 74	3.2%	8.6%
75 and over	1.6%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dannemora	Plattsburgh
White (non-Hispanic)	49.2%	84.2%
Black or African American	34.8%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.8%
Asian	0.4%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	1.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.1%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	13.5%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dannemora	Plattsburgh
No high school diploma	46.6%	7.6%
High school graduate	34.3%	23.0%
Some college or associate's	10.8%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dannemora	Plattsburgh
Drove alone	71.6%	68.0%
Carpooled	13.6%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	7.0%	10.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	7.8%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dannemora	Plattsburgh
1-unit, detached	70.4%	31.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	24.6%	28.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	22.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.7%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Dannemora	Plattsburgh
Poverty rate	9.6%	24.2%
Average household size	2.44	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	15	15
Median year structure built	1938	1959