Alexandria Bay vs Sackets Harbor

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

Alexandria Bay 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.

Sackets Harbor has the higher population (1,348 vs 1,296 in Alexandria Bay). Sackets Harbor has the higher median household income ($80,263 vs $50,603 in Alexandria Bay). Sackets Harbor has the higher median home value ($224,600 vs $146,900 in Alexandria Bay).

Population, income & housing

	Alexandria Bay	Sackets Harbor
Population	1,296	1,348
Median age	58.5 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$50,603	$80,263
Median home value	$146,900	$224,600
Median gross rent	$609	$1,360
Housing units	910	948
Homeownership rate	51.6%	41.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	49.9%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alexandria Bay	Sackets Harbor
Population	927 → 1,296 (+39.8%)	1,674 → 1,348 (-19.5%)
Median household income	$41,500 → $50,603 (+21.9%)	$68,149 → $80,263 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$111,300 → $146,900 (+32.0%)	$259,700 → $224,600 (-13.5%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $609 (-10.8%)	$1,293 → $1,360 (+5.2%)

Alexandria Bay

Population

9271,296

Median household income

$41,500$50,603

Median home value

$111,300$146,900

Median gross rent

$683$609

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)

	Alexandria Bay	Sackets Harbor
Under 5	3.4%	1.6%
5 to 17	10.5%	16.7%
18 to 24	5.5%	12.9%
25 to 34	11.5%	21.0%
35 to 44	10.2%	10.5%
45 to 54	5.8%	8.6%
55 to 64	18.6%	11.4%
65 to 74	16.7%	11.9%
75 and over	17.9%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alexandria Bay	Sackets Harbor
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	86.8%
Black or African American	2.9%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	0.5%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alexandria Bay	Sackets Harbor
No high school diploma	5.0%	3.4%
High school graduate	41.9%	23.0%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	26.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alexandria Bay	Sackets Harbor
Drove alone	73.0%	82.4%
Carpooled	2.5%	5.8%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	12.5%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	11.1%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alexandria Bay	Sackets Harbor
1-unit, detached	47.9%	50.2%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	20.8%	22.9%
5 to 19 units	16.4%	17.7%
20 or more units	9.3%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Alexandria Bay	Sackets Harbor
Poverty rate	11.0%	12.8%
Average household size	1.83	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	19	30
Median year structure built	1953	1958