Gouverneur vs Norfolk

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

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

Gouverneur has the higher population (3,623 vs 1,021 in Norfolk). Norfolk has the higher median household income ($52,411 vs $35,464 in Gouverneur). Gouverneur has the higher median home value ($107,500 vs $99,000 in Norfolk).

Population, income & housing

	Gouverneur	Norfolk
Population	3,623	1,021
Median age	38.9 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$35,464	$52,411
Median home value	$107,500	$99,000
Median gross rent	$842	$804
Housing units	1,924	594
Homeownership rate	52.7%	61.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	11.1%
Unemployment rate	11.0%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gouverneur	Norfolk
Population	3,720 → 3,623 (-2.6%)	990 → 1,021 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$33,571 → $35,464 (+5.6%)	$30,403 → $52,411 (+72.4%)
Median home value	$92,100 → $107,500 (+16.7%)	$69,700 → $99,000 (+42.0%)
Median gross rent	$662 → $842 (+27.2%)	$710 → $804 (+13.2%)

Gouverneur

Population

3,7203,623

Median household income

$33,571$35,464

Median home value

$92,100$107,500

Median gross rent

$662$842

Norfolk

Population

9901,021

Median household income

$30,403$52,411

Median home value

$69,700$99,000

Median gross rent

$710$804

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gouverneur	Norfolk
Under 5	8.2%	1.3%
5 to 17	14.9%	20.7%
18 to 24	7.0%	8.3%
25 to 34	14.9%	14.3%
35 to 44	10.7%	10.5%
45 to 54	9.3%	8.2%
55 to 64	12.7%	17.3%
65 to 74	10.0%	12.0%
75 and over	12.2%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gouverneur	Norfolk
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	89.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	8.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gouverneur	Norfolk
No high school diploma	15.1%	9.3%
High school graduate	26.1%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	44.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	3.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gouverneur	Norfolk
Drove alone	85.9%	85.2%
Carpooled	7.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	9.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	5.5%
Other means	4.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gouverneur	Norfolk
1-unit, detached	47.1%	61.4%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	30.2%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	13.0%
20 or more units	13.0%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Gouverneur	Norfolk
Poverty rate	28.4%	17.9%
Average household size	2.17	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1941	1957