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Taghkanic town, Columbia County, NY

1,227 Population
40 square miles 30.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

54.8 ±2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Columbia County: 49.5 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$69,349 ±$10,359 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Columbia County: $53,325 ±$2,328
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$95,089 ±$14,574 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Columbia County: $83,619 ±$3,965
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

5.6% ±3.4% (68  ±42) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Columbia County: 11.4% † 6,818 (±1.4% / ±816)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

26.7 minutes ±7.8 (14,290  ±2,729) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Columbia County: 26.4 637,435 (±1.2 / ±38,344)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

543 ±71 Number of households
  • Columbia County: 26,098 ±545
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.2 ±0.1 (1,209  ±161) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Columbia County: 2.3 59,125 (±0.1 / ±57)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

0.6% ±1.8% (1  ±3) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Columbia County: 4.6% † 536 (±1.2% / ±142)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

810 ±77 Number of housing units
  • Columbia County: 33,331 ±50
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$373,000 ±$36,371 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Columbia County: $309,800 ±$12,460
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

8% ±3.6% (98  ±46.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Columbia County: 8.5% † 5,128 (±1.1% / ±653.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

90.6% ±17.3% (958  ±123.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Columbia County: 91.5% 43,365 (±2.8% / ±1,347.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
46.9% ±5.6% (496  ±91.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Columbia County: 38.1% 18,050 (±1.9% / ±880.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 39.6% 5,535,503 (±0.2% / ±20,933.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

10% ±3.3% (123  ±44) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Columbia County: 6.8% 4,154
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

6.5% ±2.8% (72  ±32) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Columbia County: 6.6% † 3,363 (±0.7% / ±343)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
72 Total veterans ±32 65 Male ±28 7 Female ±8

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