Gouverneur vs Ogdensburg

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

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

Ogdensburg has the higher population (9,600 vs 3,623 in Gouverneur). Ogdensburg has the higher median household income ($59,306 vs $35,464 in Gouverneur). Gouverneur has the higher median home value ($107,500 vs $82,100 in Ogdensburg).

Population, income & housing

	Gouverneur	Ogdensburg
Population	3,623	9,600
Median age	38.9 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$35,464	$59,306
Median home value	$107,500	$82,100
Median gross rent	$842	$761
Housing units	1,924	4,412
Homeownership rate	52.7%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	11.0%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gouverneur	Ogdensburg
Population	3,720 → 3,623 (-2.6%)	10,635 → 9,600 (-9.7%)
Median household income	$33,571 → $35,464 (+5.6%)	$41,965 → $59,306 (+41.3%)
Median home value	$92,100 → $107,500 (+16.7%)	$67,900 → $82,100 (+20.9%)
Median gross rent	$662 → $842 (+27.2%)	$627 → $761 (+21.4%)

Gouverneur

Population

3,7203,623

Median household income

$33,571$35,464

Median home value

$92,100$107,500

Median gross rent

$662$842

Ogdensburg

Population

10,6359,600

Median household income

$41,965$59,306

Median home value

$67,900$82,100

Median gross rent

$627$761

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gouverneur	Ogdensburg
Under 5	8.2%	3.5%
5 to 17	14.9%	14.0%
18 to 24	7.0%	7.2%
25 to 34	14.9%	13.9%
35 to 44	10.7%	14.1%
45 to 54	9.3%	13.8%
55 to 64	12.7%	15.9%
65 to 74	10.0%	9.8%
75 and over	12.2%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gouverneur	Ogdensburg
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	87.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	6.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.9%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gouverneur	Ogdensburg
No high school diploma	15.1%	15.8%
High school graduate	26.1%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gouverneur	Ogdensburg
Drove alone	85.9%	72.1%
Carpooled	7.0%	14.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	1.0%	7.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	4.2%
Other means	4.1%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gouverneur	Ogdensburg
1-unit, detached	47.1%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	30.2%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	13.0%	10.1%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Gouverneur	Ogdensburg
Poverty rate	28.4%	19.5%
Average household size	2.17	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	1941	1938