Germantown vs Taconic Shores

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

Germantown 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.

Germantown has the higher population (1,107 vs 629 in Taconic Shores). Taconic Shores has the higher median household income ($172,514 vs $86,313 in Germantown). Germantown has the higher median home value ($356,300 vs $186,800 in Taconic Shores).

Population, income & housing

	Germantown	Taconic Shores
Population	1,107	629
Median age	56.7 yrs	57.3 yrs
Median household income	$86,313	$172,514
Median home value	$356,300	$186,800
Median gross rent	$672	—
Housing units	685	476
Homeownership rate	71.0%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.0%	37.0%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Germantown	Taconic Shores
Population	796 → 1,107 (+39.1%)	686 → 629 (-8.3%)
Median household income	$73,043 → $86,313 (+18.2%)	$78,333 → $172,514 (+120.2%)
Median home value	$268,100 → $356,300 (+32.9%)	$231,400 → $186,800 (-19.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,000 → $672 (-32.8%)	—

Germantown

Population

7961,107

Median household income

$73,043$86,313

Median home value

$268,100$356,300

Median gross rent

$1,000$672

Taconic Shores

Population

686629

Median household income

$78,333$172,514

Median home value

$231,400$186,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Germantown	Taconic Shores
Under 5	2.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.2%	7.2%
18 to 24	1.7%	9.4%
25 to 34	8.8%	4.9%
35 to 44	15.3%	7.2%
45 to 54	6.4%	14.0%
55 to 64	23.7%	42.0%
65 to 74	16.2%	6.2%
75 and over	15.1%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Germantown	Taconic Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	85.9%	92.8%
Black or African American	4.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Germantown	Taconic Shores
No high school diploma	5.5%	5.3%
High school graduate	17.1%	44.0%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	13.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	28.7%	24.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Germantown	Taconic Shores
Drove alone	55.3%	78.0%
Carpooled	16.2%	5.1%
Public transit	5.6%	8.7%
Walked	3.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.6%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Germantown	Taconic Shores
1-unit, detached	71.7%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	10.3%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	12.7%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Germantown	Taconic Shores
Poverty rate	9.8%	1.1%
Average household size	1.82	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	23	42
Median year structure built	1961	1972