Bay View Gardens vs Spring Bay

A side-by-side comparison of Bay View Gardens and Spring Bay: population, income, housing, and more.

Bay View Gardens and Spring Bay are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Spring Bay has the higher population (519 vs 287 in Bay View Gardens). Spring Bay has the higher median household income ($61,111 vs $46,875 in Bay View Gardens). Spring Bay has the higher median home value ($134,900 vs $116,700 in Bay View Gardens).

Population, income & housing

	Bay View Gardens	Spring Bay
Population	287	519
Median age	47.2 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$46,875	$61,111
Median home value	$116,700	$134,900
Median gross rent	$748	$1,083
Housing units	146	215
Homeownership rate	68.2%	64.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bay View Gardens	Spring Bay
Population	395 → 287 (-27.3%)	407 → 519 (+27.5%)
Median household income	$36,667 → $46,875 (+27.8%)	$37,143 → $61,111 (+64.5%)
Median home value	$102,400 → $116,700 (+14.0%)	$129,800 → $134,900 (+3.9%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $748 (+3.2%)	$900 → $1,083 (+20.3%)

Bay View Gardens

Population

395287

Median household income

$36,667$46,875

Median home value

$102,400$116,700

Median gross rent

$725$748

Spring Bay

Population

407519

Median household income

$37,143$61,111

Median home value

$129,800$134,900

Median gross rent

$900$1,083

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bay View Gardens	Spring Bay
Under 5	8.0%	6.9%
5 to 17	8.4%	15.4%
18 to 24	4.2%	7.3%
25 to 34	18.5%	11.9%
35 to 44	9.4%	13.3%
45 to 54	7.7%	11.9%
55 to 64	23.0%	11.9%
65 to 74	16.7%	17.9%
75 and over	4.2%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bay View Gardens	Spring Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	99.7%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bay View Gardens	Spring Bay
No high school diploma	27.6%	5.5%
High school graduate	30.7%	54.2%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	0.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bay View Gardens	Spring Bay
Drove alone	92.0%	81.7%
Carpooled	2.4%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	11.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bay View Gardens	Spring Bay
1-unit, detached	79.5%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	8.4%

Poverty & households

	Bay View Gardens	Spring Bay
Poverty rate	17.8%	17.0%
Average household size	2.22	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1965	1970