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Taconic Shores ZIP codes, New York

No ZIP code is named for Taconic Shores, NY; addresses there use a neighbouring town's name. The ZIP code covering it is 12516. Its area codes are 518 and 838.

USPS city name
0 ZIP codes
Overlapping the city
1 more
Population
606
Area codes
518, 838

NANPA lists no telephone rate centre for Taconic Shores itself, so these are the area codes of the nearest one, Copake (0.0 miles). A town on an area-code boundary can differ from its neighbour.

Taconic Shores in numbers

About 606 people live in Taconic Shores, in 330 households. The median household income is $177,994 a year, 2.1 times the New York median of $85,974 (US: $80,734). The median owner-occupied home is valued at $243,300 (43% below the New York median). The median age is 59.2; 36.2% of adults 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher (40.2% across New York); the average commute takes 39 minutes.

Population606Taconic Shores606
Households330Taconic Shores330
Median age59.2Taconic Shores59.2New York39.8US 38.9
Median household income$177,994Taconic Shores$177,994New York$85,974US $80,734
Median home value$243,300Taconic Shores$243,300New York$423,800US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher36.2%Taconic Shores36.2%New York40.2%US 35.7%
Mean commute38.9 minTaconic Shores38.9 minNew York32.6 minUS 26.4 min
Population density728 / sq miTaconic Shores728 / sq mi

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates, for the census place Taconic Shores CDP. Survey estimates carry margins of error, wider for small places. Sources and methods.

ZIP codes covering Taconic Shores

These ZIP codes cover part of Taconic Shores but are addressed as somewhere else.

ZIP codes overlapping Taconic Shores
ZIP City Type Population Median income Median home
12516 Copake , NY Standard 1,925 $128,750 $309,700

Map of Taconic Shores ZIP codes

12516

The ZIP codes of Taconic Shores, NY, shaded. Outlines are Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (2020), which approximate the mail routes; PO-box and single-address codes have no area and are not drawn. Click any area to open its ZIP code.

Towns near Taconic Shores

The nearest larger towns are Copake Lake (784 people, 3.1 mi), Philmont (1,439 people, 10 mi) and Pine Plains (1,280 people, 11 mi).

Towns near Taconic Shores
TownPopulationDistance
Hudson 5,865 15.1 mi
Catskill 3,779 17.0 mi
Saugerties 3,884 20.0 mi
Coxsackie 2,737 21.1 mi
Rhinebeck 2,650 22.4 mi
Kingston 23,911 26.1 mi
Port Ewen 3,426 26.2 mi
Pittsfield, MA 43,457 27.7 mi
Ravena 3,243 28.1 mi
Winsted, CT 6,977 28.3 mi
Torrington, CT 35,547 29.2 mi
Hurley 3,346 29.7 mi

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