Plattsburgh vs Rouses Point

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

Plattsburgh and Rouses Point 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 2,520 in Rouses Point). Plattsburgh has the higher median household income ($53,962 vs $47,556 in Rouses Point). Plattsburgh has the higher median home value ($189,600 vs $184,400 in Rouses Point).

Population, income & housing

	Plattsburgh	Rouses Point
Population	19,878	2,520
Median age	29.5 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$53,962	$47,556
Median home value	$189,600	$184,400
Median gross rent	$964	$731
Housing units	9,806	1,328
Homeownership rate	38.1%	53.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.9%	20.6%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plattsburgh	Rouses Point
Population	19,465 → 19,878 (+2.1%)	2,319 → 2,520 (+8.7%)
Median household income	$49,065 → $53,962 (+10.0%)	$58,198 → $47,556 (-18.3%)
Median home value	$148,700 → $189,600 (+27.5%)	$141,800 → $184,400 (+30.0%)
Median gross rent	$813 → $964 (+18.6%)	$604 → $731 (+21.0%)

Plattsburgh

Population

19,46519,878

Median household income

$49,065$53,962

Median home value

$148,700$189,600

Median gross rent

$813$964

Rouses Point

Population

2,3192,520

Median household income

$58,198$47,556

Median home value

$141,800$184,400

Median gross rent

$604$731

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plattsburgh	Rouses Point
Under 5	3.6%	4.2%
5 to 17	11.1%	17.8%
18 to 24	28.3%	7.7%
25 to 34	11.8%	6.5%
35 to 44	10.1%	12.7%
45 to 54	10.9%	14.5%
55 to 64	8.2%	17.5%
65 to 74	8.6%	14.4%
75 and over	7.3%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plattsburgh	Rouses Point
White (non-Hispanic)	84.2%	94.2%
Black or African American	3.6%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.1%
Asian	2.9%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.2%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plattsburgh	Rouses Point
No high school diploma	7.6%	12.7%
High school graduate	23.0%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plattsburgh	Rouses Point
Drove alone	68.0%	81.4%
Carpooled	11.1%	6.4%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	10.9%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.7%	3.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	8.6%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plattsburgh	Rouses Point
1-unit, detached	31.2%	56.1%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	28.8%	19.1%
5 to 19 units	22.3%	10.8%
20 or more units	9.7%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Plattsburgh	Rouses Point
Poverty rate	24.2%	15.4%
Average household size	1.90	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	15	23
Median year structure built	1959	1951