Gouverneur vs Massena

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

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

Massena has the higher population (10,234 vs 3,623 in Gouverneur). Massena has the higher median household income ($48,810 vs $35,464 in Gouverneur). Gouverneur has the higher median home value ($107,500 vs $99,200 in Massena).

Population, income & housing

	Gouverneur	Massena
Population	3,623	10,234
Median age	38.9 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$35,464	$48,810
Median home value	$107,500	$99,200
Median gross rent	$842	$680
Housing units	1,924	5,322
Homeownership rate	52.7%	58.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	11.0%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gouverneur	Massena
Population	3,720 → 3,623 (-2.6%)	10,091 → 10,234 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$33,571 → $35,464 (+5.6%)	$44,626 → $48,810 (+9.4%)
Median home value	$92,100 → $107,500 (+16.7%)	$76,400 → $99,200 (+29.8%)
Median gross rent	$662 → $842 (+27.2%)	$699 → $680 (-2.7%)

Gouverneur

Population

3,7203,623

Median household income

$33,571$35,464

Median home value

$92,100$107,500

Median gross rent

$662$842

Massena

Population

10,09110,234

Median household income

$44,626$48,810

Median home value

$76,400$99,200

Median gross rent

$699$680

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gouverneur	Massena
Under 5	8.2%	3.9%
5 to 17	14.9%	15.5%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.1%
25 to 34	14.9%	13.6%
35 to 44	10.7%	11.2%
45 to 54	9.3%	15.1%
55 to 64	12.7%	13.7%
65 to 74	10.0%	12.3%
75 and over	12.2%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gouverneur	Massena
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gouverneur	Massena
No high school diploma	15.1%	13.8%
High school graduate	26.1%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gouverneur	Massena
Drove alone	85.9%	77.3%
Carpooled	7.0%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	1.0%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	2.0%	5.7%
Other means	4.1%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gouverneur	Massena
1-unit, detached	47.1%	66.9%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	30.2%	13.4%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	8.3%
20 or more units	13.0%	9.4%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Gouverneur	Massena
Poverty rate	28.4%	24.5%
Average household size	2.17	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	20	17
Median year structure built	1941	1954