Copake Falls vs Taconic Shores

A side-by-side comparison of Copake Falls and Taconic Shores: population, income, housing, and more.

Copake Falls and Taconic Shores are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Taconic Shores has the higher population (629 vs 6 in Copake Falls). Since 2019, Taconic Shores's population has grown faster (-8.3% vs -97.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Copake Falls	Taconic Shores
Population	6	629
Median age	—	57.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$172,514
Median home value	—	$186,800
Housing units	53	476
Homeownership rate	0.0%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	37.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Copake Falls	Taconic Shores
Population	290 → 6 (-97.9%)	686 → 629 (-8.3%)
Median household income	$44,091 → $93,512 (+112.1%)	$78,333 → $172,514 (+120.2%)
Median home value	—	$231,400 → $186,800 (-19.3%)
Median gross rent	$921 → $1,051 (+14.1%)	—

Copake Falls

Population

2906

Median household income

$44,091$93,512

Median gross rent

$921$1,051

Taconic Shores

Population

686629

Median household income

$78,333$172,514

Median home value

$231,400$186,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Copake Falls	Taconic Shores
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	7.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.4%
25 to 34	0.0%	4.9%
35 to 44	50.0%	7.2%
45 to 54	50.0%	14.0%
55 to 64	0.0%	42.0%
65 to 74	0.0%	6.2%
75 and over	0.0%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Copake Falls	Taconic Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	92.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Copake Falls	Taconic Shores
No high school diploma	0.0%	5.3%
High school graduate	50.0%	44.0%
Some college or associate's	50.0%	13.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	24.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Copake Falls	Taconic Shores
Drove alone	100.0%	78.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	8.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Copake Falls	Taconic Shores
1-unit, detached	47.2%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	10.3%
2 to 4 units	52.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Copake Falls	Taconic Shores
Poverty rate	0.0%	1.1%
Average household size	2.00	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	—	42
Median year structure built	1978	1972