Ghent vs Taconic Shores

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

Ghent 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 478 in Ghent). Taconic Shores has the higher median household income ($172,514 vs $84,650 in Ghent). Ghent has the higher median home value ($330,900 vs $186,800 in Taconic Shores).

Population, income & housing

	Ghent	Taconic Shores
Population	478	629
Median age	40.1 yrs	57.3 yrs
Median household income	$84,650	$172,514
Median home value	$330,900	$186,800
Housing units	281	476
Homeownership rate	56.6%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.6%	37.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ghent	Taconic Shores
Population	586 → 478 (-18.4%)	686 → 629 (-8.3%)
Median household income	$141,250 → $84,650 (-40.1%)	$78,333 → $172,514 (+120.2%)
Median home value	$251,500 → $330,900 (+31.6%)	$231,400 → $186,800 (-19.3%)

Ghent

Population

586478

Median household income

$141,250$84,650

Median home value

$251,500$330,900

Taconic Shores

Population

686629

Median household income

$78,333$172,514

Median home value

$231,400$186,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ghent	Taconic Shores
Under 5	1.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	20.5%	7.2%
18 to 24	0.4%	9.4%
25 to 34	11.5%	4.9%
35 to 44	25.1%	7.2%
45 to 54	0.0%	14.0%
55 to 64	27.2%	42.0%
65 to 74	9.2%	6.2%
75 and over	4.6%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ghent	Taconic Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	50.2%	92.8%
Black or African American	3.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	15.5%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	30.5%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ghent	Taconic Shores
No high school diploma	28.6%	5.3%
High school graduate	12.1%	44.0%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	13.7%
Bachelor's degree	26.1%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	24.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ghent	Taconic Shores
Drove alone	27.2%	78.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	8.7%
Walked	7.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	35.6%	8.2%
Other means	29.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ghent	Taconic Shores
1-unit, detached	71.9%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	10.3%
2 to 4 units	28.1%	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

	Ghent	Taconic Shores
Poverty rate	10.0%	1.1%
Average household size	2.59	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	—	42
Median year structure built	1952	1972