St. Lawrence County, New York

St. Lawrence County has a population of 107,226 and has shrunk 2.8% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $121,900, about 1.9 times the county's median household income of $62,850.

Home price
$121,900
Income
$62,850
Population
107,226
Unemployment
5.3%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$121,900county
Median gross rent$818county
Median year homes here were built1964county
Share of homes built before 198067.0%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile10.1%county
Share of homes that are vacant19.8%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented28.1%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use12.0%county
Typical monthly rent$1,173county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,071county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$816county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,284county
Home insurance / yr$1,683(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living125.1(statewide)
Median household income$62,850county
Family health premium / yr$27,188(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$17,361(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$4.166(statewide)
Poverty rate16.9%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home7.3%county
Unemployment rate5.3%county
Share of adults in the labor force53.3%county
Share of workers who are self-employed7.1%county
Share of workers employed by government24.5%county
Share of workers in the largest industry35.1%county
Economic output per resident$61,444county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate2.33%county
Top state income tax10.90%(statewide)
Capital gains tax10.90%(statewide)
Combined sales tax8.54%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time21.0 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service16 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport6269county
Miles to nearest general aviation field9.9 micounty
Airports with airline service located here2county
General aviation airfields located here2county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station84 micounty
Households without a vehicle10.1%county
Traffic deaths31.7county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-1.3(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher25.3%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher89.9%county
Public schools in the county39county
Public school enrollment13653county
Students per full-time teacher10.6county
Free lunch eligible45.0%county
Elementary schools15county
Middle schools5county
High schools9county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above4county
Share of local colleges that are public50.0%county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution4.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians55county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county6county
Hospitals here with an emergency department4county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here2county
Fine particulate matter6.9 µgcounty
Without health insurance6.0%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year14.9%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year15.2%county
Frequent mental distress18.4%county
No leisure-time physical activity28.5%county
Diagnosed diabetes11.4%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population107,226county
Land area in square miles2,680county
People per square mile of land40.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores19county
Convenience stores17county
Share living far from a food store7.6%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract15.3%county
Population change since 2020-2.8%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-1county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age39.3 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1819.9%county
Share of residents 65 and over18.8%county
Share of households that are one person32.1%county
Share of residents born outside the United States3.7%county
Second languages6.3%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls39.4%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents148county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-6county
Households that moved in1,340county
Households that moved away1,516county
Average income of arriving households$65,934county
Average income of departing households$60,589county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes4county
Housing units authorised in the latest year221county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings3.6%county
Violent crime rate380(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature44.3°Fcounty
Annual precipitation36.0 incounty
Annual snowfall105.9 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.66 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F6 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing163 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 5bcounty
Frost-free days146 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 11county
Average first fall frostOct 5county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$91county
Electric utilities serving this county2county
Electricity price per kWh11.7¢county
Household electricity use901 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$20.71(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity13.3%county
Homes heated by utility gas33.5%county
Homes heated by propane15.9%county
Homes heated by fuel oil23.8%county
Homes heated by wood10.6%county
Households with broadband86.8%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk85.0county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk0.0county
Landslide risk77.1county
Hail risk3.6county
Earthquake risk86.5county
Tornado risk24.2county
Tropical cyclone risk59.2county
Extreme heat risk37.4county
Winter weather risk87.2county
Strong wind risk35.2county
Wildfire risk33.1county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for St. Lawrence County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the New York figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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