Massena vs Potsdam

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

Massena and Potsdam 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 8,507 in Potsdam). Massena has the higher median household income ($48,810 vs $32,061 in Potsdam). Potsdam has the higher median home value ($144,200 vs $99,200 in Massena).

Population, income & housing

	Massena	Potsdam
Population	10,234	8,507
Median age	43.5 yrs	21.7 yrs
Median household income	$48,810	$32,061
Median home value	$99,200	$144,200
Median gross rent	$680	$819
Housing units	5,322	2,851
Homeownership rate	58.9%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	48.7%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Massena	Potsdam
Population	10,091 → 10,234 (+1.4%)	9,154 → 8,507 (-7.1%)
Median household income	$44,626 → $48,810 (+9.4%)	$32,282 → $32,061 (-0.7%)
Median home value	$76,400 → $99,200 (+29.8%)	$113,100 → $144,200 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	$699 → $680 (-2.7%)	$758 → $819 (+8.0%)

Massena

Population

10,09110,234

Median household income

$44,626$48,810

Median home value

$76,400$99,200

Median gross rent

$699$680

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)

	Massena	Potsdam
Under 5	3.9%	1.5%
5 to 17	15.5%	6.1%
18 to 24	6.1%	57.2%
25 to 34	13.6%	9.1%
35 to 44	11.2%	7.8%
45 to 54	15.1%	4.4%
55 to 64	13.7%	3.9%
65 to 74	12.3%	4.8%
75 and over	8.6%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Massena	Potsdam
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	81.5%
Black or African American	0.6%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.3%
Asian	0.3%	5.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.8%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Massena	Potsdam
No high school diploma	13.8%	8.0%
High school graduate	32.8%	19.4%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	27.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Massena	Potsdam
Drove alone	77.3%	50.9%
Carpooled	9.9%	9.2%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	28.1%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	11.1%
Other means	1.8%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Massena	Potsdam
1-unit, detached	66.9%	39.3%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	13.4%	27.3%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	16.6%
20 or more units	9.4%	12.9%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Massena	Potsdam
Poverty rate	24.5%	26.7%
Average household size	2.06	1.84
Mean commute (minutes)	17	15
Median year structure built	1954	1959