A town of 19,830, settled in 1785. Home to 25 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
The 3 things Plattsburgh does most differently from other towns.
1816 · Battle of Plattsburg
Jean Arthur5 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives, and 25 places on the National Register.
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Barracks with Redoubts and Plattsburgh and Saranac River from Commodore Downie's Tomb
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Ordered by what stands out in Plattsburgh. Another town gets a different order.
About one in 3 of Plattsburgh’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Plattsburgh (23%), Albany (2%) and Malone (2%). Half commute less than 3 miles.
The median sale price was $275,000 in May 2026.
7.3 miles of trails across 15 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Melissa Penfield Park | 1.1 mi | 28 |
| 2. Waterfront Park | 0.3 mi | 4 |
| 3. US Oval Park | — | 34 |
Plattsburgh beats the New York average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 8.
| What stands out | Plattsburgh | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with diabetes | 9.5% | 11.5% |
| Fewer adults with high cholesterol | 32.5% | 37.7% |
| More adults with depression | 24% | 17.5% |
The public schools Plattsburgh’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 83% of New York’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
| School | Grades | Students | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur P Momot Elementary School | PK–5 | 388 | C− |
| Thomas E Glasgow Elementary School | PK–2 | 248 | Not graded |
| Oak Street School | 3–5 | 218 | C− |
| Stafford Middle School | 6–8 | 392 | C |
| Plattsburgh Senior High School | 9–12 | 566 | A |
Plattsburgh has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 81°, a January night drops to 9°, and about 50 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
Plattsburgh reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 61% report less.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 39% of U.S. communities.
25 places in Plattsburgh on the National Register of Historic Places.
55 notable people were born in Plattsburgh.
City in New York, United States
Plattsburgh is a city in and the county seat of Clinton County, New York, United States, situated on the north-western shore of Lake Champlain. The population was 19,841 at the 2020 census. The population of the surrounding (and separately incorporated) Town of Plattsburgh was 11,886 as of the 2020 census, making the combined population of Plattsburgh to be 31,727. Plattsburgh lies just to the northeast of Adirondack Park, immediately outside of the park boundaries. It is the second largest community in the North Country region (after Watertown), and serves as the main commercial hub for the sparsely populated northern Adirondack Mountains. The explorer Samuel de Champlain was the first eve…
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