Adams Center vs Alexandria Bay

A side-by-side comparison of Adams Center and Alexandria Bay: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Alexandria Bay has the higher population (1,296 vs 1,002 in Adams Center). Adams Center has the higher median household income ($100,313 vs $50,603 in Alexandria Bay). Adams Center has the higher median home value ($178,100 vs $146,900 in Alexandria Bay).

Population, income & housing

	Adams Center	Alexandria Bay
Population	1,002	1,296
Median age	54.1 yrs	58.5 yrs
Median household income	$100,313	$50,603
Median home value	$178,100	$146,900
Median gross rent	—	$609
Housing units	476	910
Homeownership rate	94.2%	51.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Adams Center	Alexandria Bay
Population	1,385 → 1,002 (-27.7%)	927 → 1,296 (+39.8%)
Median household income	$63,611 → $100,313 (+57.7%)	$41,500 → $50,603 (+21.9%)
Median home value	$121,200 → $178,100 (+46.9%)	$111,300 → $146,900 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$683 → $609 (-10.8%)

Adams Center

Population

1,3851,002

Median household income

$63,611$100,313

Median home value

$121,200$178,100

Alexandria Bay

Population

9271,296

Median household income

$41,500$50,603

Median home value

$111,300$146,900

Median gross rent

$683$609

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Adams Center	Alexandria Bay
Under 5	7.0%	3.4%
5 to 17	10.9%	10.5%
18 to 24	3.3%	5.5%
25 to 34	16.7%	11.5%
35 to 44	5.8%	10.2%
45 to 54	11.2%	5.8%
55 to 64	29.7%	18.6%
65 to 74	9.9%	16.7%
75 and over	5.6%	17.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Adams Center	Alexandria Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	93.7%
Black or African American	1.0%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Adams Center	Alexandria Bay
No high school diploma	12.3%	5.0%
High school graduate	27.0%	41.9%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	24.7%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Adams Center	Alexandria Bay
Drove alone	73.7%	73.0%
Carpooled	6.7%	2.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	12.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	11.1%
Other means	7.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Adams Center	Alexandria Bay
1-unit, detached	65.5%	47.9%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	20.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	19.1%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Adams Center	Alexandria Bay
Poverty rate	9.2%	11.0%
Average household size	2.30	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	17	19
Median year structure built	1972	1953