Rouses Point, NY

Census Place

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2024 Population
2,414
US Senator
Chuck Schumer
Democratic Party
US Senator
Kirsten Gillibrand
Democratic Party
2024 Median Age
45.4
0.221% 1-year increase
2024 Poverty Rate
11.9%
23% 1-year decrease
2024 Median Household Income
$46,250
2.75% 1-year decline
2024 Median Property Value
$197,400
7.05% 1-year growth
2024 Employed Population
1,051
9.79% 1-year decline

About

None of the households in Rouses Point, NY reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

98.3% of the residents in Rouses Point, NY are U.S. citizens.

In 2024, the median property value in Rouses Point, NY was $197,400, and the homeownership rate was 58.7%.

Most people in Rouses Point, NY drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 22.9 minutes. The average car ownership in Rouses Point, NY was 1 car per household.

United StatesNew YorkClinton County, NYPlattsburgh, NYClinton, Franklin, Essex & Hamilton Counties PUMA, NY

Population & Diversity

Rouses Point, NY is home to a population of 2.41k people, from which 98.3% are citizens. As of 2024, 6.63% of Rouses Point, NY residents were born outside of the country (160 people).

In 2024, there were 42.4 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (2.25k people) in Rouses Point, NY than any other race or ethnicity. There were 53 Other (Hispanic) and 46 Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

98.3%
2024 Citizenship
98%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 98.3% of Rouses Point, NY residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Rouses Point, NY was 98%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been increasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Rouses Point, NY
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    2.25k ± 341
  2. Other (Hispanic)
    53 ± 71
  3. Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic)
    46 ± 66
2.73%
Hispanic Population
66 people

In 2024, there were 42.4 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (2.25k people) in Rouses Point, NY than any other race or ethnicity. There were 53 Other (Hispanic) and 46 Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

2.73% of the people in Rouses Point, NY are hispanic (66 people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Rouses Point, NY as a share of the total population.

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Global Diversity

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Most Common Origin
  1. Dominican Republic
    493,200 ± 17,027 people
  2. China
    410,969 ± 15,575 people
  3. Jamaica
    234,174 ± 11,811 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of New York was Dominican Republic, the natal country of 493,200 New York residents, followed by China with 410,969 and Jamaica with 234,174.

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Foreign-Born Population

6.63%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
160 people
5.63%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
142 people

As of 2024, 6.63% of Rouses Point, NY residents (160 people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Rouses Point, NY was 5.63%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Vietnam
    63 ± 38
  2. Gulf War (2001-)
    44 ± 33
  3. Gulf War (1990s)
    44 ± 38

Rouses Point, NY has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 1.43 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Rouses Point, NY employs 1.05k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Rouses Point, NY were Educational Services (171 people), Public Administration (146 people), and Manufacturing (119 people), and the highest paying industries were Public Administration ($86,786), Manufacturing ($63,250), and Construction ($53,750).

Employment

Occupations

1.05k
2024 Value
± 201
−9.79%
1 Year decline
± 29%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Rouses Point, NY declined at a rate of −9.79%, from 1.17k employees to 1.05k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Rouses Point, NY, are Management Occupations (118 people), Food Preparation & Serving Related Occupations (109 people), and Office & Administrative Support Occupations (99 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Rouses Point, NY.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for New York.

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The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

1.05k
2024 Value
± 201
−9.79%
1 Year decline
± 29%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Rouses Point, NY declined at a rate of −9.79%, from 1.17k employees to 1.05k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Rouses Point, NY, are Educational Services (171 people), Public Administration (146 people), and Manufacturing (119 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Rouses Point, NY, though some of these residents may live in Rouses Point, NY and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$52,679
Median earning men ± $10,788
$37,083
Median earning women ± $15,706

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Public Administration ($86,071), Manufacturing ($64,000), and Construction ($53,750).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Public Administration ($101,000), Manufacturing ($54,732), and Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($47,159).

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Employment by Industry Sector

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for New York.
Y-Axis
2.74%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 9.56M people employed in New York. This represents a 2.74% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 19.7%.

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Rouses Point, NY was $197,400 in 2024, which is 0.593 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $184,400 to $197,400, a 7.05% increase. The homeownership rate in Rouses Point, NY is 58.7%, which is lower than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Rouses Point, NY have an average commute time of 22.9 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Rouses Point, NY is lower than the national average, with an average of 1 car per household.

Housing

Property

$197,400
Median Property Value 2024
±$26,333
$681
Median Property Taxes
±$120

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Rouses Point, NY the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Rouses Point, NY compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

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Rent vs Own

58.7%
Homeownership
2024
55.8%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 58.7% of the housing units in Rouses Point, NY were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 53.3%.

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Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$46,250
Median Household Income
± $9,093
1.16k
Number of Households
± 196

In 2024, the median household income of the 1.16k households in Rouses Point, NY declined from $46,250 from the previous year's value of $47,556.

The following chart displays the households in Rouses Point, NY distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Rouses Point, NY is from New York.
0.493
2023 Wage GINI in New York
0.494
2022 Wage GINI in New York

In 2023, the income inequality in New York was 0.493 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.0797% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for New York was higher than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in New York in comparison to the national average.

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Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Drove Alone (80.4%)
  2. Worked At Home (11%)
  3. Carpooled (6.86%)

In 2024, 80.4% of workers in Rouses Point, NY drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (11%) and those who carpooled to work (6.86%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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Commute Time

22.9 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Rouses Point, NY have a shorter commute time (22.9 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0.806% of the workforce in Rouses Point, NY have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

1 car
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Rouses Point, NY distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Rouses Point, NY have 1 car.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

11.9% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Rouses Point, NY (287 out of 2.41k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Males 55 - 64, followed by Females 75+ and then Males 35 - 44.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Rouses Point, NY is White, followed by Two Or More and Asian.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Health

96.5% of the population of Rouses Point, NY has health coverage, with 40.5% on employee plans, 23.5% on Medicaid, 13.5% on Medicare, 18.6% on non-group plans, and 0.456% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in New York see 1,245 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,245 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1205 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 265 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 51.4% were men and 48.6% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 23.3% under 18 years, 13.2% between 18 and 34 years, 41.9% between 35 and 64 years, and 21.6% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 51.4% were men and 48.6% were women.

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Uninsured People

3.52%
Uninsured
40.5%
Employer Coverage
23.5%
Medicaid
13.5%
Medicare
18.6%
Non-Group
0.456%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Rouses Point, NY declined by 1.41% from 3.57% to 3.52%.

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