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Potsdam village, New York: commercial real estate data.
Potsdam village is a Census village of 8,427 people across 4.92 square miles of land, in St. Lawrence County. Median household income is $34,546, 34.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 6 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $5.2 m.
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Potsdam
What Potsdam is
- Census place typevillage
- Land area4.92 sq mi
- Water area0.49 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,714
- County holding the largest share of its areaSt. Lawrence County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Potsdam
How many people live in Potsdam
- Population8,427
- Median age21.7
- Population under 18662 plus or minus 174
- Share under 187.9 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Population 65 and over845 plus or minus 230
- Share 65 and over10.0 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Households2,483
- Family households872
- Share of households that are families35.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Potsdam
Income and work in Potsdam
- Median household income$34,546 plus or minus $9,432
- Per capita income$20,220
- Civilian labor force3,873
- Employed3,687
- Unemployed186 plus or minus 121
- Unemployment rate4.8 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Adults 25 and over3,118
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher93.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher51.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree30.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Potsdam
Housing in Potsdam
- Housing units2,865
- Occupied units2,483
- Vacant units382 plus or minus 133
- Vacancy rate13.3 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Owner occupied854 plus or minus 187
- Renter occupied1,629
- Ownership rate34.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$146,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$898
- Annual rent as a share of median income31.2 percent plus or minus 9.3
- Single family units1,200
- Share single family41.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,630 plus or minus 355
- Share in buildings of two or more56.9 percent
- Mobile homes35 plus or minus 34
- Median year structure built1959
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Potsdam
How Potsdam gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute3,183
- Commuting under 15 minutes2,051
- Share commuting under 15 minutes64.4 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more493 plus or minus 192
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more15.5 percent plus or minus 5.8
- Drove alone52.0 percent
- Carpooled7.4 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked28.5 percent plus or minus 6.8
- Worked from home10.9 percent plus or minus 3.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Potsdam
SBA loans in Potsdam (7(a))
- Approvals6
- Gross approval$5,245,000
- Average approval$874,167
- Median approval$50,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$4,850,000
- Largest approval$4,850,000
- Jobs supported32
- Jobs per approval5.3
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full0
- Charged off2
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more16.7 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS5
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Potsdam
Flood risk in Potsdam
- Listed NFIP communities2
- Of those, participating2
- NFIP community number361185
- Currently effective map date03/04/86(M)
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
St. Lawrence County, not Potsdam
St. Lawrence County context, not Potsdam figures
These are St. Lawrence County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Potsdam measurements.
- Establishments in St. Lawrence County1,826
- Employment at those establishments, St. Lawrence County26,395
- Covered employment, St. Lawrence County34,764
- Average annual pay, St. Lawrence County$62,502
- Average weekly wage, St. Lawrence County$1,202
- Housing units permitted, St. Lawrence County228
- Of those, single family, St. Lawrence County204
- County product, 2024, St. Lawrence County$6,588,378,000
- County product change over the prior year, St. Lawrence County5.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, St. Lawrence County$61,541
Every figure in this section is published for St. Lawrence County as a whole and is not a measurement of Potsdam. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Potsdam questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Potsdam, New York?
8,427, in 2,483 households. Potsdam village covers 4.92 square miles of land, which is 1,714 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Potsdam in?
St. Lawrence County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Potsdam?
$34,546. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $146,400. Median gross rent is $898 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Potsdam businesses?
6 7(a) approvals totalling $5.2 m, across 3 lenders, median approval $50,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Potsdam, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Potsdam borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Potsdam. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Potsdam in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Potsdam appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 361185, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Potsdam figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for St. Lawrence County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Potsdam.
Is zoning published for Potsdam?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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