Adams vs Alexandria Bay

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

Adams 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.

Adams has the higher population (1,730 vs 1,296 in Alexandria Bay). Adams has the higher median household income ($62,411 vs $50,603 in Alexandria Bay). Adams has the higher median home value ($188,400 vs $146,900 in Alexandria Bay).

Population, income & housing

	Adams	Alexandria Bay
Population	1,730	1,296
Median age	39.8 yrs	58.5 yrs
Median household income	$62,411	$50,603
Median home value	$188,400	$146,900
Median gross rent	$822	$609
Housing units	804	910
Homeownership rate	60.3%	51.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.3%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Adams	Alexandria Bay
Population	1,966 → 1,730 (-12.0%)	927 → 1,296 (+39.8%)
Median household income	$53,629 → $62,411 (+16.4%)	$41,500 → $50,603 (+21.9%)
Median home value	$153,700 → $188,400 (+22.6%)	$111,300 → $146,900 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$744 → $822 (+10.5%)	$683 → $609 (-10.8%)

Adams

Population

1,9661,730

Median household income

$53,629$62,411

Median home value

$153,700$188,400

Median gross rent

$744$822

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	Alexandria Bay
Under 5	6.8%	3.4%
5 to 17	18.2%	10.5%
18 to 24	5.3%	5.5%
25 to 34	12.6%	11.5%
35 to 44	15.5%	10.2%
45 to 54	11.1%	5.8%
55 to 64	7.6%	18.6%
65 to 74	10.4%	16.7%
75 and over	12.5%	17.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Adams	Alexandria Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	93.7%
Black or African American	1.7%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	1.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Adams	Alexandria Bay
No high school diploma	8.0%	5.0%
High school graduate	29.1%	41.9%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	15.2%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Adams	Alexandria Bay
Drove alone	84.4%	73.0%
Carpooled	4.2%	2.5%
Public transit	0.3%	0.9%
Walked	1.2%	12.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	11.1%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Adams	Alexandria Bay
1-unit, detached	56.6%	47.9%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	17.9%	20.8%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	16.4%
20 or more units	11.8%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Adams	Alexandria Bay
Poverty rate	6.6%	11.0%
Average household size	2.40	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	27	19
Median year structure built	1946	1953