Akwesasne vs Gouverneur

A side-by-side comparison of Akwesasne and Gouverneur: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Akwesasne has the higher population (4,140 vs 3,623 in Gouverneur). Akwesasne has the higher median household income ($69,245 vs $35,464 in Gouverneur). Akwesasne has the higher median home value ($186,200 vs $107,500 in Gouverneur).

Population, income & housing

	Akwesasne	Gouverneur
Population	4,140	3,623
Median age	39.9 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$69,245	$35,464
Median home value	$186,200	$107,500
Median gross rent	$991	$842
Housing units	1,516	1,924
Homeownership rate	71.6%	52.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.9%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	11.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Akwesasne	Gouverneur
Population	3,995 → 4,140 (+3.6%)	3,720 → 3,623 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$43,470 → $69,245 (+59.3%)	$33,571 → $35,464 (+5.6%)
Median home value	$204,600 → $186,200 (-9.0%)	$92,100 → $107,500 (+16.7%)
Median gross rent	$609 → $991 (+62.7%)	$662 → $842 (+27.2%)

Akwesasne

Population

3,9954,140

Median household income

$43,470$69,245

Median home value

$204,600$186,200

Median gross rent

$609$991

Gouverneur

Population

3,7203,623

Median household income

$33,571$35,464

Median home value

$92,100$107,500

Median gross rent

$662$842

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Akwesasne	Gouverneur
Under 5	5.0%	8.2%
5 to 17	17.5%	14.9%
18 to 24	12.0%	7.0%
25 to 34	11.2%	14.9%
35 to 44	7.3%	10.7%
45 to 54	13.5%	9.3%
55 to 64	17.4%	12.7%
65 to 74	11.1%	10.0%
75 and over	5.0%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Akwesasne	Gouverneur
White (non-Hispanic)	19.1%	87.3%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	71.3%	1.5%
Asian	4.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Akwesasne	Gouverneur
No high school diploma	5.7%	15.1%
High school graduate	24.7%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Akwesasne	Gouverneur
Drove alone	67.4%	85.9%
Carpooled	22.4%	7.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	1.0%
Bicycle	2.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	2.0%
Other means	3.0%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Akwesasne	Gouverneur
1-unit, detached	62.9%	47.1%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	30.2%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	13.0%
Mobile home & other	23.4%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Akwesasne	Gouverneur
Poverty rate	20.6%	28.4%
Average household size	2.76	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1991	1941