Rank

3085of 3,144

Clinton, New York

Score 4.18 / 10· population 78,115

Clinton County sits in New York's northeast corner, below Quebec and across Lake Champlain from Vermont; Plattsburgh has the county government center and an international airport. A 2024 Census survey found 7,080 residents working in health care and social assistance, then 5,057 in retail and 4,496 in manufacturing. Homeowners' median property tax bill ran $487 a year above the US median over 2020-2024, at $3,606, while their median home value, $180,600, was 54 percent of the nation's.

Sources
  • Clinton County is in the northeast corner of New York State, just west of Vermont and south of the Canadian province of Quebec; Lake Champlain forms its eastern boundary and the New York-Vermont border ny.gov
  • The Clinton County Government Center is at 137 Margaret Street, Plattsburgh; Plattsburgh International Airport is listed among county departments clintoncountyny.gov
  • ACS 2024 1-year, table C24030 (male plus female): health care and social assistance 7,080 employed residents (910 + 6,170), retail trade 5,057 (2,757 + 2,300), manufacturing 4,496 (3,758 + 738) api.censusreporter.org
  • ACS 2020-2024 5-year, tables B25103 and B25077: Clinton County median real estate taxes paid $3,606 and median home value $180,600; United States $3,119 and $332,700 (county bill $487 above the US median; county home value 54% of the US median) api.censusreporter.org

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Eleven factors

Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)4.4
  2. 2A (state)0.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President5.1
  4. Sales tax2.7
  5. Property tax1.1

Environment

  1. Air quality6.8
  2. Floods / hurricanes1.8

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate8.9
  2. Life expectancy7.4
  3. Government employees2.2
  4. Single-parent households5.5

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