Bayport vs Wading River

A side-by-side comparison of Bayport and Wading River: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bayport has the higher population (8,831 vs 8,393 in Wading River). Bayport has the higher median household income ($135,750 vs $132,213 in Wading River). Bayport has the higher median home value ($618,200 vs $486,600 in Wading River).

Population, income & housing

	Bayport	Wading River
Population	8,831	8,393
Median age	43.7 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$135,750	$132,213
Median home value	$618,200	$486,600
Median gross rent	$1,879	—
Housing units	3,349	3,550
Homeownership rate	77.5%	94.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.1%	43.2%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bayport	Wading River
Population	8,402 → 8,831 (+5.1%)	7,733 → 8,393 (+8.5%)
Median household income	$105,313 → $135,750 (+28.9%)	$135,351 → $132,213 (-2.3%)
Median home value	$450,300 → $618,200 (+37.3%)	$424,700 → $486,600 (+14.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,669 → $1,879 (+12.6%)	$2,732 → $2,896 (+6.0%)

Bayport

Population

8,4028,831

Median household income

$105,313$135,750

Median home value

$450,300$618,200

Median gross rent

$1,669$1,879

Wading River

Population

7,7338,393

Median household income

$135,351$132,213

Median home value

$424,700$486,600

Median gross rent

$2,732$2,896

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bayport	Wading River
Under 5	3.8%	3.8%
5 to 17	15.8%	12.2%
18 to 24	8.9%	9.8%
25 to 34	8.8%	11.2%
35 to 44	14.6%	10.5%
45 to 54	13.7%	13.1%
55 to 64	16.3%	19.4%
65 to 74	9.2%	15.9%
75 and over	9.1%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bayport	Wading River
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	83.8%
Black or African American	1.5%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	12.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bayport	Wading River
No high school diploma	2.0%	9.1%
High school graduate	18.2%	19.8%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	27.0%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	26.2%	26.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bayport	Wading River
Drove alone	77.8%	75.3%
Carpooled	4.8%	9.8%
Public transit	3.7%	1.6%
Walked	0.5%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.4%	13.2%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bayport	Wading River
1-unit, detached	72.4%	90.5%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.7%	2.5%
20 or more units	4.8%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Bayport	Wading River
Poverty rate	5.3%	2.8%
Average household size	2.66	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	32	29
Median year structure built	1967	1978