Plattekill vs Shokan

A side-by-side comparison of Plattekill and Shokan: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Plattekill has the higher population (1,304 vs 1,220 in Shokan). Plattekill has the higher median household income ($106,429 vs $96,750 in Shokan). Plattekill has the higher median home value ($275,000 vs $240,700 in Shokan).

Population, income & housing

	Plattekill	Shokan
Population	1,304	1,220
Median age	29.0 yrs	48.5 yrs
Median household income	$106,429	$96,750
Median home value	$275,000	$240,700
Median gross rent	$2,081	$2,292
Housing units	504	501
Homeownership rate	43.4%	91.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	29.5%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	26.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plattekill	Shokan
Population	1,029 → 1,304 (+26.7%)	1,336 → 1,220 (-8.7%)
Median household income	$51,591 → $106,429 (+106.3%)	$54,473 → $96,750 (+77.6%)
Median home value	$196,600 → $275,000 (+39.9%)	$264,200 → $240,700 (-8.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,139 → $2,081 (+82.7%)	—

Plattekill

Population

1,0291,304

Median household income

$51,591$106,429

Median home value

$196,600$275,000

Median gross rent

$1,139$2,081

Shokan

Population

1,3361,220

Median household income

$54,473$96,750

Median home value

$264,200$240,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plattekill	Shokan
Under 5	4.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	24.3%	5.8%
18 to 24	10.8%	4.3%
25 to 34	17.8%	7.5%
35 to 44	11.5%	18.5%
45 to 54	12.0%	22.9%
55 to 64	10.6%	9.5%
65 to 74	5.5%	20.5%
75 and over	2.9%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plattekill	Shokan
White (non-Hispanic)	37.2%	92.1%
Black or African American	15.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	42.3%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plattekill	Shokan
No high school diploma	10.6%	8.8%
High school graduate	56.1%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	19.1%	20.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plattekill	Shokan
Drove alone	73.5%	55.3%
Carpooled	9.4%	11.1%
Public transit	7.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	15.6%
Other means	2.0%	17.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plattekill	Shokan
1-unit, detached	56.2%	98.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	29.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Plattekill	Shokan
Poverty rate	5.2%	14.2%
Average household size	2.71	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	36	31
Median year structure built	1975	1966