Panama vs Sunset Bay

A side-by-side comparison of Panama and Sunset Bay: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Panama has the higher population (476 vs 392 in Sunset Bay). Sunset Bay has the higher median home value ($215,400 vs $96,600 in Panama). Since 2019, Panama's population has grown faster (+11.7% vs -33.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Panama	Sunset Bay
Population	476	392
Median age	48.8 yrs	65.1 yrs
Median household income	$57,250	—
Median home value	$96,600	$215,400
Median gross rent	$742	—
Housing units	228	355
Homeownership rate	63.6%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	16.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Panama	Sunset Bay
Population	426 → 476 (+11.7%)	592 → 392 (-33.8%)
Median household income	$44,000 → $57,250 (+30.1%)	$68,281 → $64,500 (-5.5%)
Median home value	$82,900 → $96,600 (+16.5%)	$99,500 → $215,400 (+116.5%)
Median gross rent	$613 → $742 (+21.0%)	—

Panama

Population

426476

Median household income

$44,000$57,250

Median home value

$82,900$96,600

Median gross rent

$613$742

Sunset Bay

Population

592392

Median household income

$68,281$64,500

Median home value

$99,500$215,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Panama	Sunset Bay
Under 5	3.4%	3.1%
5 to 17	13.4%	5.9%
18 to 24	8.6%	2.6%
25 to 34	10.9%	6.6%
35 to 44	9.2%	6.4%
45 to 54	13.0%	6.1%
55 to 64	14.5%	18.9%
65 to 74	12.6%	27.3%
75 and over	14.3%	23.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Panama	Sunset Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	88.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	8.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Panama	Sunset Bay
No high school diploma	9.0%	26.2%
High school graduate	43.9%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	17.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Panama	Sunset Bay
Drove alone	81.5%	27.9%
Carpooled	13.0%	14.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	31.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	26.2%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Panama	Sunset Bay
1-unit, detached	57.9%	86.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	32.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Panama	Sunset Bay
Poverty rate	10.9%	35.2%
Average household size	2.31	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	24	—
Median year structure built	1953	1958