Bard College vs Chelsea Cove

A side-by-side comparison of Bard College and Chelsea Cove: population, income, housing, and more.

Bard College and Chelsea Cove are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Chelsea Cove has the higher population (1,398 vs 1,237 in Bard College). Bard College has the higher median household income ($210,483 vs $84,193 in Chelsea Cove). Since 2019, Chelsea Cove's population has grown faster (-2.0% vs -20.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Bard College	Chelsea Cove
Population	1,237	1,398
Median age	19.8 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$210,483	$84,193
Median home value	—	$250,900
Median gross rent	—	$2,683
Housing units	71	465
Homeownership rate	14.1%	76.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	87.5%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bard College	Chelsea Cove
Population	1,556 → 1,237 (-20.5%)	1,427 → 1,398 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$178,267 → $210,483 (+18.1%)	$70,735 → $84,193 (+19.0%)
Median home value	—	$176,800 → $250,900 (+41.9%)
Median gross rent	$955 → $1,153 (+20.7%)	$2,571 → $2,683 (+4.4%)

Bard College

Population

1,5561,237

Median household income

$178,267$210,483

Median gross rent

$955$1,153

Chelsea Cove

Population

1,4271,398

Median household income

$70,735$84,193

Median home value

$176,800$250,900

Median gross rent

$2,571$2,683

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bard College	Chelsea Cove
Under 5	1.2%	8.3%
5 to 17	2.6%	28.5%
18 to 24	83.9%	9.2%
25 to 34	1.1%	10.7%
35 to 44	9.5%	15.5%
45 to 54	0.4%	8.5%
55 to 64	0.0%	13.0%
65 to 74	0.8%	4.5%
75 and over	0.4%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bard College	Chelsea Cove
White (non-Hispanic)	60.9%	41.8%
Black or African American	9.1%	27.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.6%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	12.4%	26.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bard College	Chelsea Cove
No high school diploma	0.0%	11.2%
High school graduate	2.6%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	9.9%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	87.5%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bard College	Chelsea Cove
Drove alone	13.9%	72.7%
Carpooled	11.6%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	38.0%	5.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	36.5%	12.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bard College	Chelsea Cove
1-unit, detached	100.0%	8.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	74.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	15.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Bard College	Chelsea Cove
Poverty rate	0.0%	7.7%
Average household size	2.31	3.32
Mean commute (minutes)	10	33
Median year structure built	1938	1985