Baywood vs Oakdale

A side-by-side comparison of Baywood and Oakdale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Baywood has the higher population (7,577 vs 7,171 in Oakdale). Oakdale has the higher median household income ($129,809 vs $112,546 in Baywood). Oakdale has the higher median home value ($595,200 vs $411,900 in Baywood).

Population, income & housing

	Baywood	Oakdale
Population	7,577	7,171
Median age	37.3 yrs	48.2 yrs
Median household income	$112,546	$129,809
Median home value	$411,900	$595,200
Median gross rent	$2,523	$2,336
Housing units	2,035	2,928
Homeownership rate	84.8%	83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	49.9%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baywood	Oakdale
Population	7,275 → 7,577 (+4.2%)	6,984 → 7,171 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$99,023 → $112,546 (+13.7%)	$102,250 → $129,809 (+27.0%)
Median home value	$305,000 → $411,900 (+35.0%)	$423,900 → $595,200 (+40.4%)
Median gross rent	$2,012 → $2,523 (+25.4%)	$1,466 → $2,336 (+59.3%)

Baywood

Population

7,2757,577

Median household income

$99,023$112,546

Median home value

$305,000$411,900

Median gross rent

$2,012$2,523

Oakdale

Population

6,9847,171

Median household income

$102,250$129,809

Median home value

$423,900$595,200

Median gross rent

$1,466$2,336

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baywood	Oakdale
Under 5	5.9%	3.2%
5 to 17	16.2%	10.5%
18 to 24	10.5%	10.2%
25 to 34	14.2%	15.8%
35 to 44	13.5%	7.2%
45 to 54	14.1%	15.1%
55 to 64	14.3%	16.3%
65 to 74	8.2%	11.1%
75 and over	3.2%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baywood	Oakdale
White (non-Hispanic)	34.4%	85.0%
Black or African American	13.4%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	47.7%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baywood	Oakdale
No high school diploma	17.5%	2.9%
High school graduate	28.8%	21.4%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	26.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	23.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baywood	Oakdale
Drove alone	74.9%	80.5%
Carpooled	12.0%	7.0%
Public transit	6.4%	1.4%
Walked	0.3%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.6%	1.3%
Worked from home	5.0%	9.2%
Other means	0.8%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baywood	Oakdale
1-unit, detached	94.1%	68.2%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Baywood	Oakdale
Poverty rate	8.9%	5.0%
Average household size	3.74	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1960	1970