Bay Shore vs Shirley

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

Bay Shore and Shirley 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 27,807 in Shirley). Shirley has the higher median household income ($105,379 vs $101,695 in Bay Shore). Bay Shore has the higher median home value ($467,800 vs $390,300 in Shirley).

Population, income & housing

	Bay Shore	Shirley
Population	31,275	27,807
Median age	36.0 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$101,695	$105,379
Median home value	$467,800	$390,300
Median gross rent	$1,907	$2,110
Housing units	10,183	8,934
Homeownership rate	62.5%	90.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.7%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bay Shore	Shirley
Population	29,799 → 31,275 (+5.0%)	28,583 → 27,807 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$80,341 → $101,695 (+26.6%)	$87,242 → $105,379 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$335,300 → $467,800 (+39.5%)	$265,600 → $390,300 (+47.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,442 → $1,907 (+32.2%)	$1,878 → $2,110 (+12.4%)

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

Shirley

Population

28,58327,807

Median household income

$87,242$105,379

Median home value

$265,600$390,300

Median gross rent

$1,878$2,110

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bay Shore	Shirley
Under 5	6.4%	5.5%
5 to 17	21.5%	17.3%
18 to 24	7.1%	8.4%
25 to 34	13.3%	12.8%
35 to 44	14.5%	13.0%
45 to 54	13.3%	13.8%
55 to 64	12.1%	15.7%
65 to 74	6.1%	9.7%
75 and over	5.6%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bay Shore	Shirley
White (non-Hispanic)	34.6%	57.4%
Black or African American	12.1%	8.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	9.6%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	38.9%	27.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bay Shore	Shirley
No high school diploma	16.2%	12.5%
High school graduate	27.1%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bay Shore	Shirley
Drove alone	69.1%	78.7%
Carpooled	11.1%	12.2%
Public transit	6.3%	2.7%
Walked	0.8%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	4.9%
Other means	3.9%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bay Shore	Shirley
1-unit, detached	55.5%	94.7%
1-unit, attached	10.4%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	1.2%
20 or more units	9.6%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Bay Shore	Shirley
Poverty rate	8.0%	8.0%
Average household size	3.19	3.25
Mean commute (minutes)	28	34
Median year structure built	1963	1975