Akwesasne vs Potsdam

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

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

Potsdam has the higher population (8,507 vs 4,140 in Akwesasne). Akwesasne has the higher median household income ($69,245 vs $32,061 in Potsdam). Akwesasne has the higher median home value ($186,200 vs $144,200 in Potsdam).

Population, income & housing

	Akwesasne	Potsdam
Population	4,140	8,507
Median age	39.9 yrs	21.7 yrs
Median household income	$69,245	$32,061
Median home value	$186,200	$144,200
Median gross rent	$991	$819
Housing units	1,516	2,851
Homeownership rate	71.6%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.9%	48.7%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Akwesasne	Potsdam
Population	3,995 → 4,140 (+3.6%)	9,154 → 8,507 (-7.1%)
Median household income	$43,470 → $69,245 (+59.3%)	$32,282 → $32,061 (-0.7%)
Median home value	$204,600 → $186,200 (-9.0%)	$113,100 → $144,200 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	$609 → $991 (+62.7%)	$758 → $819 (+8.0%)

Akwesasne

Population

3,9954,140

Median household income

$43,470$69,245

Median home value

$204,600$186,200

Median gross rent

$609$991

Potsdam

Population

9,1548,507

Median household income

$32,282$32,061

Median home value

$113,100$144,200

Median gross rent

$758$819

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Akwesasne	Potsdam
Under 5	5.0%	1.5%
5 to 17	17.5%	6.1%
18 to 24	12.0%	57.2%
25 to 34	11.2%	9.1%
35 to 44	7.3%	7.8%
45 to 54	13.5%	4.4%
55 to 64	17.4%	3.9%
65 to 74	11.1%	4.8%
75 and over	5.0%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Akwesasne	Potsdam
White (non-Hispanic)	19.1%	81.5%
Black or African American	0.6%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	71.3%	0.3%
Asian	4.8%	5.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Akwesasne	Potsdam
No high school diploma	5.7%	8.0%
High school graduate	24.7%	19.4%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	27.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Akwesasne	Potsdam
Drove alone	67.4%	50.9%
Carpooled	22.4%	9.2%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	28.1%
Bicycle	2.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	11.1%
Other means	3.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Akwesasne	Potsdam
1-unit, detached	62.9%	39.3%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	27.3%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	16.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	12.9%
Mobile home & other	23.4%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Akwesasne	Potsdam
Poverty rate	20.6%	26.7%
Average household size	2.76	1.84
Mean commute (minutes)	21	15
Median year structure built	1991	1959