Baiting Hollow vs Brookhaven

A side-by-side comparison of Baiting Hollow and Brookhaven: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Brookhaven has the higher population (3,080 vs 2,686 in Baiting Hollow). Baiting Hollow has the higher median household income ($113,229 vs $95,345 in Brookhaven). Brookhaven has the higher median home value ($577,000 vs $538,300 in Baiting Hollow).

Population, income & housing

	Baiting Hollow	Brookhaven
Population	2,686	3,080
Median age	55.8 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$113,229	$95,345
Median home value	$538,300	$577,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,908
Housing units	1,616	1,118
Homeownership rate	97.8%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.4%	39.4%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	12.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baiting Hollow	Brookhaven
Population	1,731 → 2,686 (+55.2%)	3,455 → 3,080 (-10.9%)
Median household income	$94,167 → $113,229 (+20.2%)	$68,884 → $95,345 (+38.4%)
Median home value	$435,300 → $538,300 (+23.7%)	$417,100 → $577,000 (+38.3%)
Median gross rent	$2,104 → $2,200 (+4.6%)	$1,523 → $1,908 (+25.3%)

Baiting Hollow

Population

1,7312,686

Median household income

$94,167$113,229

Median home value

$435,300$538,300

Median gross rent

$2,104$2,200

Brookhaven

Population

3,4553,080

Median household income

$68,884$95,345

Median home value

$417,100$577,000

Median gross rent

$1,523$1,908

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baiting Hollow	Brookhaven
Under 5	3.1%	4.0%
5 to 17	12.2%	15.4%
18 to 24	3.2%	8.8%
25 to 34	7.5%	8.6%
35 to 44	6.3%	9.7%
45 to 54	15.4%	10.4%
55 to 64	24.2%	17.8%
65 to 74	18.4%	11.0%
75 and over	9.8%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baiting Hollow	Brookhaven
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	78.8%
Black or African American	2.0%	5.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	3.5%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	12.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baiting Hollow	Brookhaven
No high school diploma	5.4%	6.7%
High school graduate	22.1%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.3%	22.1%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	17.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baiting Hollow	Brookhaven
Drove alone	75.3%	77.6%
Carpooled	8.8%	6.6%
Public transit	1.1%	2.9%
Walked	3.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	10.9%
Other means	2.2%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baiting Hollow	Brookhaven
1-unit, detached	75.1%	89.4%
1-unit, attached	11.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.6%	10.6%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Baiting Hollow	Brookhaven
Poverty rate	2.3%	17.5%
Average household size	2.40	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	33	27
Median year structure built	1986	1965