Ogdensburg vs Potsdam

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

Ogdensburg and Potsdam 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 8,507 in Potsdam). Ogdensburg has the higher median household income ($59,306 vs $32,061 in Potsdam). Potsdam has the higher median home value ($144,200 vs $82,100 in Ogdensburg).

Population, income & housing

	Ogdensburg	Potsdam
Population	9,600	8,507
Median age	42.4 yrs	21.7 yrs
Median household income	$59,306	$32,061
Median home value	$82,100	$144,200
Median gross rent	$761	$819
Housing units	4,412	2,851
Homeownership rate	64.3%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	48.7%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ogdensburg	Potsdam
Population	10,635 → 9,600 (-9.7%)	9,154 → 8,507 (-7.1%)
Median household income	$41,965 → $59,306 (+41.3%)	$32,282 → $32,061 (-0.7%)
Median home value	$67,900 → $82,100 (+20.9%)	$113,100 → $144,200 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	$627 → $761 (+21.4%)	$758 → $819 (+8.0%)

Ogdensburg

Population

10,6359,600

Median household income

$41,965$59,306

Median home value

$67,900$82,100

Median gross rent

$627$761

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)

	Ogdensburg	Potsdam
Under 5	3.5%	1.5%
5 to 17	14.0%	6.1%
18 to 24	7.2%	57.2%
25 to 34	13.9%	9.1%
35 to 44	14.1%	7.8%
45 to 54	13.8%	4.4%
55 to 64	15.9%	3.9%
65 to 74	9.8%	4.8%
75 and over	8.0%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ogdensburg	Potsdam
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	81.5%
Black or African American	6.5%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.3%
Asian	0.8%	5.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ogdensburg	Potsdam
No high school diploma	15.8%	8.0%
High school graduate	35.7%	19.4%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	27.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ogdensburg	Potsdam
Drove alone	72.1%	50.9%
Carpooled	14.2%	9.2%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	7.3%	28.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	11.1%
Other means	1.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ogdensburg	Potsdam
1-unit, detached	73.7%	39.3%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	27.3%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	16.6%
20 or more units	10.1%	12.9%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Ogdensburg	Potsdam
Poverty rate	19.5%	26.7%
Average household size	2.04	1.84
Mean commute (minutes)	18	15
Median year structure built	1938	1959