Copake Lake vs Germantown

A side-by-side comparison of Copake Lake and Germantown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Germantown has the higher population (1,107 vs 860 in Copake Lake). Copake Lake has the higher median household income ($118,632 vs $86,313 in Germantown). Copake Lake has the higher median home value ($546,100 vs $356,300 in Germantown).

Population, income & housing

	Copake Lake	Germantown
Population	860	1,107
Median age	61.3 yrs	56.7 yrs
Median household income	$118,632	$86,313
Median home value	$546,100	$356,300
Median gross rent	—	$672
Housing units	735	685
Homeownership rate	94.5%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.6%	46.0%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Copake Lake	Germantown
Population	688 → 860 (+25.0%)	796 → 1,107 (+39.1%)
Median household income	$66,111 → $118,632 (+79.4%)	$73,043 → $86,313 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$276,000 → $546,100 (+97.9%)	$268,100 → $356,300 (+32.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,000 → $672 (-32.8%)

Copake Lake

Population

688860

Median household income

$66,111$118,632

Median home value

$276,000$546,100

Germantown

Population

7961,107

Median household income

$73,043$86,313

Median home value

$268,100$356,300

Median gross rent

$1,000$672

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Copake Lake	Germantown
Under 5	0.8%	2.7%
5 to 17	9.8%	10.2%
18 to 24	3.6%	1.7%
25 to 34	7.8%	8.8%
35 to 44	9.8%	15.3%
45 to 54	9.5%	6.4%
55 to 64	25.8%	23.7%
65 to 74	21.0%	16.2%
75 and over	11.9%	15.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Copake Lake	Germantown
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	85.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Copake Lake	Germantown
No high school diploma	5.7%	5.5%
High school graduate	30.1%	17.1%
Some college or associate's	7.6%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	28.0%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	28.6%	28.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Copake Lake	Germantown
Drove alone	75.8%	55.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	16.2%
Public transit	1.0%	5.6%
Walked	2.6%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	18.0%	18.6%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Copake Lake	Germantown
1-unit, detached	98.6%	71.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	1.4%	12.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Copake Lake	Germantown
Poverty rate	0.8%	9.8%
Average household size	2.24	1.82
Mean commute (minutes)	31	23
Median year structure built	1981	1961