Bay Shore vs Deer Park

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

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

Bay Shore has the higher population (31,275 vs 27,334 in Deer Park). Deer Park has the higher median household income ($138,950 vs $101,695 in Bay Shore). Deer Park has the higher median home value ($497,900 vs $467,800 in Bay Shore).

Population, income & housing

	Bay Shore	Deer Park
Population	31,275	27,334
Median age	36.0 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$101,695	$138,950
Median home value	$467,800	$497,900
Median gross rent	$1,907	$1,882
Housing units	10,183	9,323
Homeownership rate	62.5%	85.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.7%	37.1%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bay Shore	Deer Park
Population	29,799 → 31,275 (+5.0%)	27,479 → 27,334 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$80,341 → $101,695 (+26.6%)	$94,645 → $138,950 (+46.8%)
Median home value	$335,300 → $467,800 (+39.5%)	$369,500 → $497,900 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,442 → $1,907 (+32.2%)	$1,573 → $1,882 (+19.6%)

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

Deer Park

Population

27,47927,334

Median household income

$94,645$138,950

Median home value

$369,500$497,900

Median gross rent

$1,573$1,882

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bay Shore	Deer Park
Under 5	6.4%	6.0%
5 to 17	21.5%	15.6%
18 to 24	7.1%	7.4%
25 to 34	13.3%	13.4%
35 to 44	14.5%	12.2%
45 to 54	13.3%	17.3%
55 to 64	12.1%	13.4%
65 to 74	6.1%	7.6%
75 and over	5.6%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bay Shore	Deer Park
White (non-Hispanic)	34.6%	51.5%
Black or African American	12.1%	11.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	9.6%	10.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	1.2%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	38.9%	22.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bay Shore	Deer Park
No high school diploma	16.2%	7.0%
High school graduate	27.1%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	16.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bay Shore	Deer Park
Drove alone	69.1%	72.8%
Carpooled	11.1%	6.8%
Public transit	6.3%	9.4%
Walked	0.8%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	7.4%
Other means	3.9%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bay Shore	Deer Park
1-unit, detached	55.5%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	10.4%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	2.6%
20 or more units	9.6%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Bay Shore	Deer Park
Poverty rate	8.0%	4.6%
Average household size	3.19	3.07
Mean commute (minutes)	28	33
Median year structure built	1963	1963