Peru vs Plattsburgh

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

Peru 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 1,880 in Peru). Peru has the higher median household income ($69,671 vs $53,962 in Plattsburgh). Peru has the higher median home value ($214,700 vs $189,600 in Plattsburgh).

Population, income & housing

	Peru	Plattsburgh
Population	1,880	19,878
Median age	41.1 yrs	29.5 yrs
Median household income	$69,671	$53,962
Median home value	$214,700	$189,600
Median gross rent	$1,262	$964
Housing units	715	9,806
Homeownership rate	76.6%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.8%	38.9%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Peru	Plattsburgh
Population	1,597 → 1,880 (+17.7%)	19,465 → 19,878 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$76,723 → $69,671 (-9.2%)	$49,065 → $53,962 (+10.0%)
Median home value	$161,500 → $214,700 (+32.9%)	$148,700 → $189,600 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	$761 → $1,262 (+65.8%)	$813 → $964 (+18.6%)

Peru

Population

1,5971,880

Median household income

$76,723$69,671

Median home value

$161,500$214,700

Median gross rent

$761$1,262

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)

	Peru	Plattsburgh
Under 5	6.9%	3.6%
5 to 17	14.4%	11.1%
18 to 24	6.2%	28.3%
25 to 34	10.5%	11.8%
35 to 44	18.0%	10.1%
45 to 54	11.1%	10.9%
55 to 64	9.2%	8.2%
65 to 74	12.7%	8.6%
75 and over	11.0%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Peru	Plattsburgh
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	84.2%
Black or African American	1.2%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.5%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Peru	Plattsburgh
No high school diploma	8.8%	7.6%
High school graduate	24.4%	23.0%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Peru	Plattsburgh
Drove alone	73.7%	68.0%
Carpooled	6.0%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	5.5%	10.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	14.8%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Peru	Plattsburgh
1-unit, detached	71.6%	31.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	15.0%	28.8%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	22.3%
20 or more units	1.4%	9.7%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Peru	Plattsburgh
Poverty rate	9.5%	24.2%
Average household size	2.33	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	23	15
Median year structure built	1959	1959