Bay Shore vs Centereach

A side-by-side comparison of Bay Shore and Centereach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Centereach has the higher population (31,501 vs 31,275 in Bay Shore). Centereach has the higher median household income ($127,106 vs $101,695 in Bay Shore). Centereach has the higher median home value ($471,300 vs $467,800 in Bay Shore).

Population, income & housing

	Bay Shore	Centereach
Population	31,275	31,501
Median age	36.0 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$101,695	$127,106
Median home value	$467,800	$471,300
Median gross rent	$1,907	$2,398
Housing units	10,183	10,464
Homeownership rate	62.5%	85.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.7%	34.7%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bay Shore	Centereach
Population	29,799 → 31,275 (+5.0%)	31,493 → 31,501 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$80,341 → $101,695 (+26.6%)	$107,184 → $127,106 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$335,300 → $467,800 (+39.5%)	$346,300 → $471,300 (+36.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,442 → $1,907 (+32.2%)	$1,956 → $2,398 (+22.6%)

Bay Shore

Population

29,79931,275

Median household income

$80,341$101,695

Median home value

$335,300$467,800

Median gross rent

$1,442$1,907

Centereach

Population

31,49331,501

Median household income

$107,184$127,106

Median home value

$346,300$471,300

Median gross rent

$1,956$2,398

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bay Shore	Centereach
Under 5	6.4%	6.2%
5 to 17	21.5%	17.4%
18 to 24	7.1%	10.0%
25 to 34	13.3%	11.0%
35 to 44	14.5%	13.7%
45 to 54	13.3%	13.2%
55 to 64	12.1%	13.5%
65 to 74	6.1%	8.0%
75 and over	5.6%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bay Shore	Centereach
White (non-Hispanic)	34.6%	68.8%
Black or African American	12.1%	6.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	9.6%	6.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	38.9%	15.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bay Shore	Centereach
No high school diploma	16.2%	7.1%
High school graduate	27.1%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bay Shore	Centereach
Drove alone	69.1%	77.5%
Carpooled	11.1%	7.8%
Public transit	6.3%	2.3%
Walked	0.8%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.3%
Worked from home	8.6%	9.6%
Other means	3.9%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bay Shore	Centereach
1-unit, detached	55.5%	89.2%
1-unit, attached	10.4%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	2.9%
20 or more units	9.6%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Bay Shore	Centereach
Poverty rate	8.0%	5.4%
Average household size	3.19	3.24
Mean commute (minutes)	28	32
Median year structure built	1963	1969