Barnum Island vs Oyster Bay Cove

A side-by-side comparison of Barnum Island and Oyster Bay Cove: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Barnum Island has the higher population (2,173 vs 2,067 in Oyster Bay Cove). Oyster Bay Cove has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $118,160 in Barnum Island). Oyster Bay Cove has the higher median home value ($1,686,100 vs $680,500 in Barnum Island).

Population, income & housing

	Barnum Island	Oyster Bay Cove
Population	2,173	2,067
Median age	50.1 yrs	50.1 yrs
Median household income	$118,160	$250,001
Median home value	$680,500	$1,686,100
Median gross rent	$3,306	$2,348
Housing units	930	757
Homeownership rate	76.1%	91.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.6%	78.6%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barnum Island	Oyster Bay Cove
Population	2,416 → 2,173 (-10.1%)	2,080 → 2,067 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$97,059 → $118,160 (+21.7%)	$225,385 → $250,001 (+10.9%)
Median home value	$477,700 → $680,500 (+42.5%)	$1,437,500 → $1,686,100 (+17.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,917 → $3,306 (+72.5%)	$2,000 → $2,348 (+17.4%)

Barnum Island

Population

2,4162,173

Median household income

$97,059$118,160

Median home value

$477,700$680,500

Median gross rent

$1,917$3,306

Oyster Bay Cove

Population

2,0802,067

Median household income

$225,385$250,001

Median home value

$1,437,500$1,686,100

Median gross rent

$2,000$2,348

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barnum Island	Oyster Bay Cove
Under 5	8.0%	3.5%
5 to 17	9.5%	18.0%
18 to 24	4.8%	6.0%
25 to 34	16.8%	6.6%
35 to 44	7.1%	8.5%
45 to 54	9.8%	19.7%
55 to 64	20.6%	18.8%
65 to 74	8.9%	10.4%
75 and over	14.5%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barnum Island	Oyster Bay Cove
White (non-Hispanic)	79.8%	75.6%
Black or African American	4.7%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	11.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.4%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barnum Island	Oyster Bay Cove
No high school diploma	8.4%	0.4%
High school graduate	24.6%	6.8%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	14.2%
Bachelor's degree	29.8%	38.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	39.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barnum Island	Oyster Bay Cove
Drove alone	68.0%	52.6%
Carpooled	7.4%	1.7%
Public transit	1.2%	13.3%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.4%	29.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barnum Island	Oyster Bay Cove
1-unit, detached	71.3%	98.8%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	16.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Barnum Island	Oyster Bay Cove
Poverty rate	8.2%	6.7%
Average household size	2.45	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	42	42
Median year structure built	1966	1975