Micro area · New York

Plattsburgh, NY micropolitan area

Plattsburgh, NY is a micropolitan area of 1 county in New York, home to 78,138 residents. Plattsburgh, NY micropolitan area has a quality-of-life score of 76 out of 100 (high), ranking #225 of 925 US metro and micro areas. Among metro and micro areas based in New York it ranks #16 of 27. It ranks best on violent crime rate (low), uninsured residents (under 65) (low) and public EV charging ports (high). It ranks worst on comfortable days (low), new business applications (low) and gyms and fitness centers (low).

76High
Quality-of-life score
#225 of 925 metro and micro areas
New York
#16 of 27 in NY
Population
78,138 (2025)
Land area
1,038 mi²
Density
75.3 /mi²
CBSA code
38460

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 66 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Location of Plattsburgh, NY micropolitan area

Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

  • Safety100#3/924
  • Economy52#441/925
  • Housing62#349/925
  • Health76#227/925
  • Healthcare86#130/923
  • Environment88#108/917
  • Education49#476/925
  • Infrastructure70#278/925
  • Community37#583/925
  • Leisure & amenities34#612/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Plattsburgh, NY micropolitan area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Weaknesses

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Metro and micro areas like Plattsburgh, NY micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Plattsburgh, NY micropolitan area in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Federal contract spending

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Counties in Plattsburgh, NY

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

  1. Clinton CountyCentral county7578,138

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

  1. PlattsburghPrincipal city19,830

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

  1. Plattsburgh19,830
  2. Dannemora2,684
  3. Keeseville2,570
  4. Rouses Point2,414
  5. Peru1,965
  6. Morrisonville1,950
  7. Cumberland Head1,535
  8. Plattsburgh West1,328
  9. Champlain1,270
  10. West Chazy867
  11. Altona544
  12. Cadyville479
  13. Au Sable Forks369
  14. Mooers350
  15. Redford340
  16. Lyon Mountain312
  17. Chazy240
  18. Parc98

Other metro and micro areas in New York

Areas based in New York, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

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