Lake Champlain border city where Canadian cross-border ties shape local economics
Plattsburgh's metro straddles the Quebec border, and cross-border commerce with Montreal influences its labor market and retail economy in ways unusual for an upstate New York city of its size.
| Group | Plattsburgh, NY | National |
|---|---|---|
▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13) | 90.6% | 57.4% |
▶Black / African American(13) | 3.6% | 12.2% |
▶Hispanic / Latino(14) | 2.9% | 19.3% |
Multiracial / Other | 1.6% | 4.0% |
▶Asian(6) | 1.1% | 6.0% |
▶Middle Eastern / North African(5) | 0.4% | 0.9% |
▶Native American / Alaska Native(1) | 0.3% | 0.9% |
Catholic-Evangelical edge: +68.8pp (vs national 4.5pp). A strongly Catholic-leaning religious profile, which nationally correlates with Democratic-leaning urban and suburban communities.
| Tradition | % Pop | % Adherents | US Pop | US Adherents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35.2% | 80.7% | — | — | |
| 3.3% | 7.5% | — | — | |
| 3.1% | 7.1% | — | — | |
| 2.1% | 4.7% | — | — | |
LDS (Mormon) | 0.7% | 1.6% | — | — |
Non-religiousPopulation | 56.4% | — | — | — |
Who lives in the Plattsburgh, NY metro area? 321,647 residents across 4 counties.
22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree — 11pp below the national average. Places with similar education levels vote R+9 on average nationally.
Scale, voting-age share, and this geography's footprint inside the national electorate.
Income, attainment, and ownership indicators that often shape coalition structure and turnout behavior.
Age structure, language use, and nativity signals that explain how this geography differs from state and nation.
| Offices | Margin A | Margin B | Split |
|---|---|---|---|
| President vs Senate | R+2.1 | D+7.2 | 9.3pp |