Gouverneur vs Waddington

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

Gouverneur and Waddington 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 1,003 in Waddington). Waddington has the higher median household income ($69,375 vs $35,464 in Gouverneur). Waddington has the higher median home value ($195,800 vs $107,500 in Gouverneur).

Population, income & housing

	Gouverneur	Waddington
Population	3,623	1,003
Median age	38.9 yrs	50.8 yrs
Median household income	$35,464	$69,375
Median home value	$107,500	$195,800
Median gross rent	$842	$718
Housing units	1,924	470
Homeownership rate	52.7%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	28.5%
Unemployment rate	11.0%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gouverneur	Waddington
Population	3,720 → 3,623 (-2.6%)	856 → 1,003 (+17.2%)
Median household income	$33,571 → $35,464 (+5.6%)	$39,625 → $69,375 (+75.1%)
Median home value	$92,100 → $107,500 (+16.7%)	$144,500 → $195,800 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	$662 → $842 (+27.2%)	$774 → $718 (-7.2%)

Gouverneur

Population

3,7203,623

Median household income

$33,571$35,464

Median home value

$92,100$107,500

Median gross rent

$662$842

Waddington

Population

8561,003

Median household income

$39,625$69,375

Median home value

$144,500$195,800

Median gross rent

$774$718

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gouverneur	Waddington
Under 5	8.2%	7.0%
5 to 17	14.9%	14.1%
18 to 24	7.0%	3.3%
25 to 34	14.9%	10.4%
35 to 44	10.7%	13.8%
45 to 54	9.3%	7.6%
55 to 64	12.7%	16.6%
65 to 74	10.0%	18.0%
75 and over	12.2%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gouverneur	Waddington
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	88.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gouverneur	Waddington
No high school diploma	15.1%	10.7%
High school graduate	26.1%	39.9%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	20.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	19.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gouverneur	Waddington
Drove alone	85.9%	79.5%
Carpooled	7.0%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	10.1%
Other means	4.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gouverneur	Waddington
1-unit, detached	47.1%	76.0%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	30.2%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	2.6%
20 or more units	13.0%	15.1%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Gouverneur	Waddington
Poverty rate	28.4%	9.9%
Average household size	2.17	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1941	1967