Adams vs Sackets Harbor

A side-by-side comparison of Adams and Sackets Harbor: population, income, housing, and more.

Adams and Sackets Harbor 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 1,348 in Sackets Harbor). Sackets Harbor has the higher median household income ($80,263 vs $62,411 in Adams). Sackets Harbor has the higher median home value ($224,600 vs $188,400 in Adams).

Population, income & housing

	Adams	Sackets Harbor
Population	1,730	1,348
Median age	39.8 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$62,411	$80,263
Median home value	$188,400	$224,600
Median gross rent	$822	$1,360
Housing units	804	948
Homeownership rate	60.3%	41.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.3%	49.9%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Adams	Sackets Harbor
Population	1,966 → 1,730 (-12.0%)	1,674 → 1,348 (-19.5%)
Median household income	$53,629 → $62,411 (+16.4%)	$68,149 → $80,263 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$153,700 → $188,400 (+22.6%)	$259,700 → $224,600 (-13.5%)
Median gross rent	$744 → $822 (+10.5%)	$1,293 → $1,360 (+5.2%)

Adams

Population

1,9661,730

Median household income

$53,629$62,411

Median home value

$153,700$188,400

Median gross rent

$744$822

Sackets Harbor

Population

1,6741,348

Median household income

$68,149$80,263

Median home value

$259,700$224,600

Median gross rent

$1,293$1,360

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Adams	Sackets Harbor
Under 5	6.8%	1.6%
5 to 17	18.2%	16.7%
18 to 24	5.3%	12.9%
25 to 34	12.6%	21.0%
35 to 44	15.5%	10.5%
45 to 54	11.1%	8.6%
55 to 64	7.6%	11.4%
65 to 74	10.4%	11.9%
75 and over	12.5%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Adams	Sackets Harbor
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	86.8%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.9%
Two or more races	4.0%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Adams	Sackets Harbor
No high school diploma	8.0%	3.4%
High school graduate	29.1%	23.0%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	15.2%	26.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Adams	Sackets Harbor
Drove alone	84.4%	82.4%
Carpooled	4.2%	5.8%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	9.8%	6.1%
Other means	0.3%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Adams	Sackets Harbor
1-unit, detached	56.6%	50.2%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	17.9%	22.9%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	17.7%
20 or more units	11.8%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Adams	Sackets Harbor
Poverty rate	6.6%	12.8%
Average household size	2.40	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1946	1958