Alexandria Bay vs West Carthage

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

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

West Carthage has the higher population (1,918 vs 1,296 in Alexandria Bay). Alexandria Bay has the higher median household income ($50,603 vs $49,074 in West Carthage). West Carthage has the higher median home value ($172,900 vs $146,900 in Alexandria Bay).

Population, income & housing

	Alexandria Bay	West Carthage
Population	1,296	1,918
Median age	58.5 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$50,603	$49,074
Median home value	$146,900	$172,900
Median gross rent	$609	$945
Housing units	910	1,077
Homeownership rate	51.6%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alexandria Bay	West Carthage
Population	927 → 1,296 (+39.8%)	1,383 → 1,918 (+38.7%)
Median household income	$41,500 → $50,603 (+21.9%)	$35,795 → $49,074 (+37.1%)
Median home value	$111,300 → $146,900 (+32.0%)	$133,700 → $172,900 (+29.3%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $609 (-10.8%)	$862 → $945 (+9.6%)

Alexandria Bay

Population

9271,296

Median household income

$41,500$50,603

Median home value

$111,300$146,900

Median gross rent

$683$609

West Carthage

Population

1,3831,918

Median household income

$35,795$49,074

Median home value

$133,700$172,900

Median gross rent

$862$945

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alexandria Bay	West Carthage
Under 5	3.4%	7.6%
5 to 17	10.5%	11.0%
18 to 24	5.5%	15.4%
25 to 34	11.5%	19.9%
35 to 44	10.2%	11.5%
45 to 54	5.8%	7.4%
55 to 64	18.6%	8.4%
65 to 74	16.7%	12.6%
75 and over	17.9%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alexandria Bay	West Carthage
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	70.9%
Black or African American	2.9%	6.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.6%
Two or more races	0.5%	8.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alexandria Bay	West Carthage
No high school diploma	5.0%	14.3%
High school graduate	41.9%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alexandria Bay	West Carthage
Drove alone	73.0%	72.1%
Carpooled	2.5%	15.2%
Public transit	0.9%	0.2%
Walked	12.5%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alexandria Bay	West Carthage
1-unit, detached	47.9%	42.6%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	9.5%
2 to 4 units	20.8%	29.8%
5 to 19 units	16.4%	5.8%
20 or more units	9.3%	10.7%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Alexandria Bay	West Carthage
Poverty rate	11.0%	11.2%
Average household size	1.83	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1953	1953