Adams Center vs Dexter

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

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

Adams Center has the higher population (1,002 vs 828 in Dexter). Adams Center has the higher median household income ($100,313 vs $49,826 in Dexter). Adams Center has the higher median home value ($178,100 vs $152,600 in Dexter).

Population, income & housing

	Adams Center	Dexter
Population	1,002	828
Median age	54.1 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$100,313	$49,826
Median home value	$178,100	$152,600
Median gross rent	—	$609
Housing units	476	349
Homeownership rate	94.2%	63.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Adams Center	Dexter
Population	1,385 → 1,002 (-27.7%)	952 → 828 (-13.0%)
Median household income	$63,611 → $100,313 (+57.7%)	$37,426 → $49,826 (+33.1%)
Median home value	$121,200 → $178,100 (+46.9%)	$125,000 → $152,600 (+22.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$440 → $609 (+38.4%)

Adams Center

Population

1,3851,002

Median household income

$63,611$100,313

Median home value

$121,200$178,100

Dexter

Population

952828

Median household income

$37,426$49,826

Median home value

$125,000$152,600

Median gross rent

$440$609

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Adams Center	Dexter
Under 5	7.0%	7.6%
5 to 17	10.9%	22.9%
18 to 24	3.3%	5.0%
25 to 34	16.7%	9.8%
35 to 44	5.8%	8.6%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.9%
55 to 64	29.7%	10.9%
65 to 74	9.9%	10.5%
75 and over	5.6%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Adams Center	Dexter
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	88.2%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Adams Center	Dexter
No high school diploma	12.3%	10.7%
High school graduate	27.0%	38.8%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	24.7%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Adams Center	Dexter
Drove alone	73.7%	86.4%
Carpooled	6.7%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	4.5%
Other means	7.9%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Adams Center	Dexter
1-unit, detached	65.5%	62.5%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	19.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	19.1%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Adams Center	Dexter
Poverty rate	9.2%	17.9%
Average household size	2.30	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	17	24
Median year structure built	1972	1952