Bayville vs Oyster Bay

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

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

Oyster Bay has the higher population (6,900 vs 6,744 in Bayville). Bayville has the higher median household income ($143,571 vs $102,540 in Oyster Bay). Bayville has the higher median home value ($670,500 vs $634,600 in Oyster Bay).

Population, income & housing

	Bayville	Oyster Bay
Population	6,744	6,900
Median age	51.4 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$143,571	$102,540
Median home value	$670,500	$634,600
Median gross rent	$1,974	$2,300
Housing units	2,803	2,931
Homeownership rate	86.5%	51.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.3%	45.0%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bayville	Oyster Bay
Population	6,735 → 6,744 (+0.1%)	5,836 → 6,900 (+18.2%)
Median household income	$108,951 → $143,571 (+31.8%)	$96,187 → $102,540 (+6.6%)
Median home value	$559,800 → $670,500 (+19.8%)	$588,300 → $634,600 (+7.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,712 → $1,974 (+15.3%)	$1,972 → $2,300 (+16.6%)

Bayville

Population

6,7356,744

Median household income

$108,951$143,571

Median home value

$559,800$670,500

Median gross rent

$1,712$1,974

Oyster Bay

Population

5,8366,900

Median household income

$96,187$102,540

Median home value

$588,300$634,600

Median gross rent

$1,972$2,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bayville	Oyster Bay
Under 5	3.5%	8.9%
5 to 17	13.5%	13.2%
18 to 24	7.0%	7.2%
25 to 34	7.7%	15.3%
35 to 44	11.0%	9.2%
45 to 54	16.1%	12.2%
55 to 64	19.7%	13.4%
65 to 74	11.0%	8.1%
75 and over	10.6%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bayville	Oyster Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	57.7%
Black or African American	0.1%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	2.6%
Two or more races	2.5%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	29.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bayville	Oyster Bay
No high school diploma	3.9%	5.7%
High school graduate	19.6%	21.0%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	27.8%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	27.5%	18.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bayville	Oyster Bay
Drove alone	72.2%	73.5%
Carpooled	6.5%	9.4%
Public transit	11.3%	3.9%
Walked	1.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	9.6%
Other means	0.4%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bayville	Oyster Bay
1-unit, detached	83.7%	49.8%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	18.3%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	23.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bayville	Oyster Bay
Poverty rate	3.8%	11.1%
Average household size	2.59	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	38	27
Median year structure built	1965	1960