Plattsburgh, New York
2026 Edition · 10 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026
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Population
Steady. Within 1% of 2020, every year since.
19,744
people, the 45th-largest of New York's cities and towns.
Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among New York's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates
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The workday
7 in 10 jobs here go to people who live somewhere else.
74.7%
of 11,804 jobs located in Plattsburgh are filled by in-commuters.
Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES
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Rent
Median rent is up 63% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.
$1,030
a month. New York's median is $1,621.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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The seam
Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $574.
A $574 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Clinton County.
- $737 Tract 1022
- $1,311 Tract 1032
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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Room to build
Local wages can carry more rent than the median charged today.
$1,091–$1,637
is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $1,030 median
Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year
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Building
Most of the housing here is older than 2000.
- 268 homes permitted, 2022–2025
- 88% of those were in multifamily buildings
- 86% of all homes were built before 2000
Census Building Permits Survey, 2022–2025; Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census Building Permits Survey, Census ACS 5-year
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Units needed
Closing the gap would add 1% to the 9,960 homes here.
51–118
is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.
Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac
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Home value
A median home costs 54% less than New York's.
$195,900
median home value in Plattsburgh.
- $195,900 Plattsburgh
- $423,800 New York
- $332,700 U.S.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year