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44.97° N · 74.67° W · GEOID 3600457

Akwesasne

Franklin County, New York · part of the Massena, NY metro

Limited data population under 5,000

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The short answer

Akwesasne is home to 4,089 people. Median household income is $51,868 a year and median rent is $979 a month, 22.6% of income (a ratio of two medians, not any one household's burden). Rent pressure is lighter than in most places. The median home is valued at $177,800, about 3.4x annual median household income.

Median gross rent
$979
28% below the median place
Median household income
$51,868
35% below the median place
Median home value
$177,800
44% below the median place
Unemployment
3.9%
20% below the median place

Compared with the median of the 6,645 places we track. The bundle was checked 2026-11-14; each measure may refer to an older release.

What stands out about Akwesasne

  • Between the 2020 and 2024 surveys, rent rose 12.6% a year while household income rose 4.5%, so rent outran pay by more than in 96% of the 2,476 places under 10,000 people we track.
  • 32.0% of residents live below the poverty line, more than in 96% of places its size.
  • 62% of renter households spend 30% or more of income on rent, a higher share than in 84% of places its size.
  • Half the homes were built after 1995, newer housing than in 84% of places its size.
  • The median household earns $51,868 a year, less than in 83% of places its size.
01

Moving to Akwesasne

Franklin County loses about 3.2 residents per 1,000 a year to moves between counties.

Moved in1,203
Moved out1,315
Net−112

Where people come from and where they go, top counties

Essex County, NY189137+52

Within New York, other states or abroad

Arrivals
Leavers
Within New YorkOther states

Income per tax return

Arrivals$58K
Leavers$56K

People on tax returns who moved between counties, from IRS migration data, 2022 to 2023. Figures are for all of Franklin County; flows under 20 returns are not published.

Who moves here
11.8% of residents arrived from another county in the past year, 1.1% from another state.
Who arrives and who leaves
Households moving into Franklin County report $57,600 a year in income on average; those leaving, $56,500.
Income you would need
$39,200 a year to rent the median home at the 30% line. From your city
Rent or buy
Median rent is $979 a month; owners with a mortgage pay $1,664 a month including taxes and insurance, on a median home of $177,800.
Getting to work
23 minutes each way on average; 6.1% work from home.
If it is close but not quite
New Albany, MS matches it on character. Compare the two
Moved here in the past year1
11.8%
105% above the median place
Moved from another state1
1.1%
46% below the median place
Income of households moving out6
$56,469
20% below the median place
All 5 moving measures
MeasureAkwesasneAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Moved here in the past year111.8%105% above
Moved from another state1County figure1.1%46% below
Net movers per 1,000 people6County figure-3.2below (median -0.6)
Income of households moving in6County figure$57,60418% below
Income of households moving out6County figure$56,46920% below
02

What it costs to live here

Renters paying 30%+ is 62.3%, 23% above the median place.

Akwesasne22.6%
Typical place20.4%

Share of the median household income that goes to the median rent. Above 30% is the usual stress line.

Income needed to rent
$39,160
a year, at the 30% line
Rent to income
22.6%
11% above the median place
Home price to income
3.4x
10% below the median place

Could you afford it?

The median rent would take
23%
comfortably under the 30% line
Left after rent, in US prices
$40,300
a year, prices not adjusted
Vs the typical household here
Same
as the median household

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Like Akwesasne, but easier on the budget

Close matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, where rent takes a clearly smaller share of income.

PlaceRent to incomeMore left a year
Sikeston, MO18.1% vs 22.6%n/aCompare
Guthrie, OK19.5% vs 22.6%n/aCompare
Solvay, NY18.6% vs 22.6%n/aCompare

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Renters paying 30%+1
62.3%
23% above the median place
Median year built1
1995
1% above the median place
Median home value1
$177,800
44% below the median place
All 15 cost and housing measures
MeasureAkwesasneAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median gross rent1$97928% below
Rent to income122.6%11% above
Property tax rate11.3%40% above
Home price to income13.4x10% below
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms2County figure$1,01437% below
HUD area median income3County figure$82,20023% below
Property tax paid (median)1$2,25931% below
Median home value1$177,80044% below
Home prices, 1-year change4County figure5.3%66% above
Home prices, 5-year change4County figure56.5%10% above
Homeownership168.2%3% above
Renters paying 30%+162.3%23% above
Owner costs with a mortgage1$1,66411% below
Vacant homes1County figure23.5%232% above
Median year built119951% above
03

Work and pay

Poverty rate is 32.0%, 197% above the median place.

Poverty rate1
32.0%
197% above the median place
Income per person1
$20,517
49% below the median place
Median household income1
$51,868
35% below the median place
All 10 work and pay measures
MeasureAkwesasneAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median household income1$51,86835% below
Income per person1$20,51749% below
Unemployment1County figure3.9%20% below
Average annual pay5County figure$72,0179% above
Pay growth, 1 year5County figure5.2%41% above
Jobs5County figure17,53588% below
Poverty rate132.0%197% above
Mean commute123 min9% below
Works from home1County figure6.1%51% below
Commutes by transit1Metro figure0.3%67% below
04

Who lives here

No health insurance is 13.7%, 114% above the median place.

No health insurance1
13.7%
114% above the median place
Homes with broadband1
88.0%
5% below the median place
Born abroad1
14.5%
65% above the median place

More about who lives here, against the typical place

Bachelor's or higher25.6% −20%
Household size2.6 +6%
High school or higher91.4% −1%
Median age38.5 −1%
All 8 people measures
MeasureAkwesasneAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Population14,0896646th largest
Median age138.51% below
Bachelor's or higher125.6%20% below
High school or higher191.4%1% below
Household size12.66% above
Born abroad114.5%65% above
No health insurance113.7%114% above
Homes with broadband188.0%5% below
05

Life in Akwesasne

85 sites are on the National Register of Historic Places, one of them a National Historic Landmark.

Out the door, against the typical place

Parks per 10k residents4.9 −52%
Playgrounds per 10k9.8 +4%
Grocery stores per 10k2.5 +16%
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k24.5 2.2×
Libraries per 10k2.5 2.8×
Named paths and bike trails0 km −100%
Bus and rail stops per sq mi0.0 −100%

Mapped by volunteers in OpenStreetMap inside the city limits (Census boundaries), so coverage is fuller in some places than others. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Businesses per 10,000 residents (county figures)

Restaurants and bars18.8 −10%
Shops33.8 +12%
Arts, recreation and fitness5.4 +32%
Doctors' offices and clinics11.4 −44%
Child care centers1.9 −17%

Counts businesses with paid staff, so small owner-run shops are not included.

Students per teacher10
9.3
40% below the median place
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k7
11.4
44% below the median place
Child care centers per 10k7
1.9
17% below the median place
All 16 schools and local life measures
MeasureAkwesasneAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Public schools10County figure20122% above
Public school students10County figure6,72437% above
Students per teacher10County figure9.340% below
Restaurants and bars per 10k7County figure18.810% below
Shops per 10k7County figure33.812% above
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k7County figure5.432% above
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k7County figure11.444% below
Child care centers per 10k7County figure1.917% below
Parks per 10k84.952% below
Playgrounds per 10k89.84% above
Grocery stores per 10k82.516% above
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k824.5119% above
Libraries per 10k82.5182% above
Named paths and bike trails80.0below (median 2.0)
Transit stops per sq mi80.0below (median 0.2)
National Register listings9County figure85above (median 13)
06

Safety, weather and risk

Average temperature is 42°F, 23% below the median place.

No crime figure yet. Either the city police department did not report to the FBI for the latest year, or our monthly fetch has not reached Akwesasne. Larger places are fetched first.

Average temperature11
42°F
23% below the median place
January average low11
6°F
75% below the median place
July average high11
77°F
11% below the median place
All 9 weather and risk measures
MeasureAkwesasneAmong 6,645 placesVs median
July average high11County figure77°F11% below
January average low11County figure6°F75% below
Average temperature11County figure42°F23% below
Annual precipitation11County figure42.9 in2% below
Natural hazard risk12County figure48.947% below
Hurricane risk12County figure57.718% below
Tornado risk12County figure18.977% below
Wildfire risk12County figure17.571% below
Heat wave risk12County figure26.970% below
08

Akwesasne in 2030: where the trends point

If recent trends hold, the median rent will take about 23% of the median income in 2030, up from 23% now.

Citytistics projections to 2030: each figure's own trend, blended with the typical trend across the places we rate, eased toward long-run US growth and carried forward from the latest release. The range is where 80% of places landed when we tested the same method on past releases.

MeasureLatest2030 projectionLikely rangeAvg. per year
Median rent$979/mo (2024)$1,290/mo$1,060 to $1,570/mo+4.7%
Median household income$51,868 (2024)$66,500$56,000 to $78,500+4.2%
Median home value$177,800 (2024)$226,000$164,000 to $311,000+4.1%

The median home would be worth 3.4 years of the median income in 2030, against 3.4 now.

A projection of recent trends, not a prediction of the economy or advice to buy or sell. How we project.

09

Places like Akwesasne

The closest matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, and the places nearby.

PlaceRentIncome
New Albany, MS$973$51,332Compare
Joplin, MO$962$52,097Compare
Bardstown, KY$977$51,381Compare
New Albany, IN$1,026$54,710Compare
New Albany, INBardstown, KYJoplin, MONew Albany, MSAkwesasne, NYAkwesasneNew AlbanyJoplinBardstownNew AlbanyAkwesasneNew AlbanyJoplinBardstownNew Albany

Common questions

Is Akwesasne a good place to live?

It depends on what you need, so here is what the numbers say. Between the 2020 and 2024 surveys, rent rose 12.6% a year while household income rose 4.5%, so rent outran pay by more than in 96% of the 2,476 places under 10,000 people we track. 32.0% of residents live below the poverty line, more than in 96% of places its size. On cost, space and class size it scores 36 out of 100 for families. See how it ranks with your own weights.

Is Akwesasne expensive to live in?

The median rent takes 22.6% of the median household income, against 20.4% in the typical place we track. Housing is a heavier load here than usual. The median home is valued at $177,800.

What salary do you need to live in Akwesasne?

To rent the median home without spending more than 30% of income on rent, a household needs about $39,160 a year. Work it out from your current city.

What places are similar to Akwesasne?

On income, rent, home value, education and age, the closest matches are New Albany, MS, Joplin, MO, Bardstown, KY and New Albany, IN.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. Every dataset is public; links go to the publisher.

  1. American Community Survey 5-year estimates · US Census Bureau · 2020 to 2024 estimatesTables B01002, B01003, B05002, B07003, B08013, B08301, B15003, B17001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25010, B25035, B25064, B25070, B25077, B25088, B25103, B28002, S2701
  2. Fair Market Rents · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2027
  3. Income Limits · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2026
  4. House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  5. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
  6. SOI Tax Stats, county-to-county migration · Internal Revenue Service · Tax years 2022 to 2023Counts tax returns and the people on them; flows under 20 returns are suppressed.
  7. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  8. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  9. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  10. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  11. 1991-2020 climate normals · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Series updated 2026-11-05Averages for 1991 to 2020 computed from NOAA's county climate series (nClimDiv).nClimDiv county series
  12. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps

Derived by Citytistics from the tables above: rent to income (B25064, B19013); property tax rate (B25103, B25077); home price to income (B25077, B19013).

What stands out compares Akwesasne with places of a similar size, using only figures measured for Akwesasne itself; county and metro figures never count. Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology. API: /api/v1/places/akwesasne-new-york

Citytistics. “Akwesasne, New York.” Data as of 2026-11-14. https://www.citytistics.com/city/akwesasne-new-york/

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