Copake Lake vs Ghent

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

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

Copake Lake has the higher population (860 vs 478 in Ghent). Copake Lake has the higher median household income ($118,632 vs $84,650 in Ghent). Copake Lake has the higher median home value ($546,100 vs $330,900 in Ghent).

Population, income & housing

	Copake Lake	Ghent
Population	860	478
Median age	61.3 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$118,632	$84,650
Median home value	$546,100	$330,900
Housing units	735	281
Homeownership rate	94.5%	56.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.6%	29.6%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Copake Lake	Ghent
Population	688 → 860 (+25.0%)	586 → 478 (-18.4%)
Median household income	$66,111 → $118,632 (+79.4%)	$141,250 → $84,650 (-40.1%)
Median home value	$276,000 → $546,100 (+97.9%)	$251,500 → $330,900 (+31.6%)

Copake Lake

Population

688860

Median household income

$66,111$118,632

Median home value

$276,000$546,100

Ghent

Population

586478

Median household income

$141,250$84,650

Median home value

$251,500$330,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Copake Lake	Ghent
Under 5	0.8%	1.5%
5 to 17	9.8%	20.5%
18 to 24	3.6%	0.4%
25 to 34	7.8%	11.5%
35 to 44	9.8%	25.1%
45 to 54	9.5%	0.0%
55 to 64	25.8%	27.2%
65 to 74	21.0%	9.2%
75 and over	11.9%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Copake Lake	Ghent
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	50.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	15.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	30.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Copake Lake	Ghent
No high school diploma	5.7%	28.6%
High school graduate	30.1%	12.1%
Some college or associate's	7.6%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	28.0%	26.1%
Graduate or professional degree	28.6%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Copake Lake	Ghent
Drove alone	75.8%	27.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	7.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.0%	35.6%
Other means	2.6%	29.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Copake Lake	Ghent
1-unit, detached	98.6%	71.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	28.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Copake Lake	Ghent
Poverty rate	0.8%	10.0%
Average household size	2.24	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	31	—
Median year structure built	1981	1952