Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Rouses Point’s best subject grade is an A− for history; its weakest is a D for incomes. Only 77 of New York’s 1,213 towns score lower on health. Rouses Point’s median household income is $46,000, below both the New York town median ($82,000) and the median of U.S. towns ($80,000). Rouses Point has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Rouses Point beats most towns.
Census counts: 1,266 in 1870, 2,195 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1869 and a map from 1977 on.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Rouses Point is from typical.
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Who provides power, water and the rest in Rouses Point, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Rouses Point.
The typical Rouses Point home is worth about $220,000, up 5.2% in a year, 58% below the New York typical home. Rouses Point’s median rent is $737 a month, where New York’s towns sit at $1,101 a month and U.S. towns at $1,185 a month. 59% of households own their home in Rouses Point.
| Rouses Point | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 59% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $737 a month | $1,101 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
17% of Rouses Point adults report frequent physical distress. Rouses Point beats the New York average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 18. 22% of Rouses Point adults say their health is fair or poor.
| Rouses Point | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 13% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 25% | 25% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 34% | 35% |
| What stands out | Rouses Point | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults lacking emotional support | 22.5% | 26.4% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.4% | 6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents leave Rouses Point for work: only 11% work in town. Since 2013, Rouses Point has lost 851 jobs, to 374 in 2023. The top destinations are Champlain (31%), Plattsburgh (13%) and Plattsburgh (11%).
| Rouses Point | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 11% | 10% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Rouses Point has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Rouses Point’s July high is 80°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 64% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Rouses Point since 2011.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
0.1 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Duffy Memorial Sports Park | — | 16 |
| 2. Veterans Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
None within 15 miles of Rouses Point; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 Rouses Point residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
Where Rouses Point’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
5 notable people were born in Rouses Point.
Place in New York, United States
Rouses Point is a village in Clinton County, New York, United States, along the 45th parallel. The population was 2,195 at the 2020 census. The village is named after Jacques Rouse, a French Canadian soldier who fought alongside the Americans during their war for independence. The village is on the western shore of Lake Champlain at the source of the Richelieu River. Also located in the northeastern corner of the town of Champlain, it is north of the city of Plattsburgh and is on the Canada–United States border.
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2 towns share a border with Rouses Point.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rouses Point | — | — | B− | — | B | C− |
| Champlain | #556 | C | B− | — | B+ | C+ |
Rouses Point has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Rouses Point and Champlain report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Rouses Point with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
That is 3.1 years of the area's median household income ($71,224 across the Plattsburgh, NY area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
5 notable people were born here, including John Fillmore Hayford and Jesse Boulerice.
