Bay Shore vs Commack

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

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

Commack has the higher population (36,353 vs 31,275 in Bay Shore). Commack has the higher median household income ($170,375 vs $101,695 in Bay Shore). Commack has the higher median home value ($647,000 vs $467,800 in Bay Shore).

Population, income & housing

	Bay Shore	Commack
Population	31,275	36,353
Median age	36.0 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$101,695	$170,375
Median home value	$467,800	$647,000
Median gross rent	$1,907	$2,396
Housing units	10,183	11,915
Homeownership rate	62.5%	93.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.7%	59.5%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bay Shore	Commack
Population	29,799 → 31,275 (+5.0%)	36,953 → 36,353 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$80,341 → $101,695 (+26.6%)	$138,098 → $170,375 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$335,300 → $467,800 (+39.5%)	$495,000 → $647,000 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,442 → $1,907 (+32.2%)	$1,839 → $2,396 (+30.3%)

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

Commack

Population

36,95336,353

Median household income

$138,098$170,375

Median home value

$495,000$647,000

Median gross rent

$1,839$2,396

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bay Shore	Commack
Under 5	6.4%	5.2%
5 to 17	21.5%	16.8%
18 to 24	7.1%	8.6%
25 to 34	13.3%	10.7%
35 to 44	14.5%	10.3%
45 to 54	13.3%	15.6%
55 to 64	12.1%	16.1%
65 to 74	6.1%	8.5%
75 and over	5.6%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bay Shore	Commack
White (non-Hispanic)	34.6%	80.6%
Black or African American	12.1%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	9.6%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	38.9%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bay Shore	Commack
No high school diploma	16.2%	3.3%
High school graduate	27.1%	15.5%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	30.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	28.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bay Shore	Commack
Drove alone	69.1%	72.1%
Carpooled	11.1%	4.8%
Public transit	6.3%	5.5%
Walked	0.8%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	16.4%
Other means	3.9%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bay Shore	Commack
1-unit, detached	55.5%	92.6%
1-unit, attached	10.4%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	2.3%
20 or more units	9.6%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Bay Shore	Commack
Poverty rate	8.0%	3.4%
Average household size	3.19	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	28	34
Median year structure built	1963	1964