Copake vs Taconic Shores

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

Copake 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 178 in Copake). Taconic Shores has the higher median household income ($172,514 vs $111,089 in Copake). Since 2019, Taconic Shores's population has grown faster (-8.3% vs -48.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Copake	Taconic Shores
Population	178	629
Median age	35.7 yrs	57.3 yrs
Median household income	$111,089	$172,514
Median home value	—	$186,800
Housing units	99	476
Homeownership rate	56.3%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	37.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Copake	Taconic Shores
Population	346 → 178 (-48.6%)	686 → 629 (-8.3%)
Median household income	$97,237 → $111,089 (+14.2%)	$78,333 → $172,514 (+120.2%)
Median home value	$168,100 → $185,300 (+10.2%)	$231,400 → $186,800 (-19.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,589 → $1,540 (-3.1%)	—

Copake

Population

346178

Median household income

$97,237$111,089

Median home value

$168,100$185,300

Median gross rent

$1,589$1,540

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	Taconic Shores
Under 5	5.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.5%	7.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.4%
25 to 34	17.4%	4.9%
35 to 44	33.7%	7.2%
45 to 54	0.0%	14.0%
55 to 64	7.9%	42.0%
65 to 74	10.7%	6.2%
75 and over	11.8%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Copake	Taconic Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	99.4%	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	0.6%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Copake	Taconic Shores
No high school diploma	20.7%	5.3%
High school graduate	59.3%	44.0%
Some college or associate's	4.8%	13.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	24.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Copake	Taconic Shores
Drove alone	64.4%	78.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.1%
Public transit	30.7%	8.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Copake	Taconic Shores
1-unit, detached	100.0%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	10.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	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	Taconic Shores
Poverty rate	0.0%	1.1%
Average household size	2.51	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	—	42
Median year structure built	1954	1972