Bard College vs MacDonnell Heights

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

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

MacDonnell Heights has the higher population (1,438 vs 1,237 in Bard College). Bard College has the higher median household income ($210,483 vs $138,589 in MacDonnell Heights). Since 2019, MacDonnell Heights's population has grown faster (+12.1% vs -20.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Bard College	MacDonnell Heights
Population	1,237	1,438
Median age	19.8 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$210,483	$138,589
Median home value	—	$293,300
Housing units	71	519
Homeownership rate	14.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	87.5%	62.0%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bard College	MacDonnell Heights
Population	1,556 → 1,237 (-20.5%)	1,283 → 1,438 (+12.1%)
Median household income	$178,267 → $210,483 (+18.1%)	$111,224 → $138,589 (+24.6%)
Median home value	—	$227,000 → $293,300 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$955 → $1,153 (+20.7%)	—

Bard College

Population

1,5561,237

Median household income

$178,267$210,483

Median gross rent

$955$1,153

MacDonnell Heights

Population

1,2831,438

Median household income

$111,224$138,589

Median home value

$227,000$293,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bard College	MacDonnell Heights
Under 5	1.2%	19.4%
5 to 17	2.6%	4.9%
18 to 24	83.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	1.1%	28.7%
35 to 44	9.5%	3.7%
45 to 54	0.4%	9.3%
55 to 64	0.0%	8.8%
65 to 74	0.8%	10.6%
75 and over	0.4%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bard College	MacDonnell Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	60.9%	87.6%
Black or African American	9.1%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.6%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	12.4%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bard College	MacDonnell Heights
No high school diploma	0.0%	3.4%
High school graduate	2.6%	16.9%
Some college or associate's	9.9%	17.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	33.9%
Graduate or professional degree	87.5%	28.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bard College	MacDonnell Heights
Drove alone	13.9%	74.4%
Carpooled	11.6%	17.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	38.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	36.5%	7.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bard College	MacDonnell Heights
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bard College	MacDonnell Heights
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.31	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	10	57
Median year structure built	1938	1957