Baywood vs Port Jefferson

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

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

Port Jefferson has the higher population (8,029 vs 7,577 in Baywood). Port Jefferson has the higher median household income ($143,125 vs $112,546 in Baywood). Port Jefferson has the higher median home value ($628,500 vs $411,900 in Baywood).

Population, income & housing

	Baywood	Port Jefferson
Population	7,577	8,029
Median age	37.3 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$112,546	$143,125
Median home value	$411,900	$628,500
Median gross rent	$2,523	$2,254
Housing units	2,035	3,415
Homeownership rate	84.8%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	69.0%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baywood	Port Jefferson
Population	7,275 → 7,577 (+4.2%)	7,939 → 8,029 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$99,023 → $112,546 (+13.7%)	$111,442 → $143,125 (+28.4%)
Median home value	$305,000 → $411,900 (+35.0%)	$513,500 → $628,500 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	$2,012 → $2,523 (+25.4%)	$1,838 → $2,254 (+22.6%)

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

Port Jefferson

Population

7,9398,029

Median household income

$111,442$143,125

Median home value

$513,500$628,500

Median gross rent

$1,838$2,254

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baywood	Port Jefferson
Under 5	5.9%	4.0%
5 to 17	16.2%	14.0%
18 to 24	10.5%	8.9%
25 to 34	14.2%	12.3%
35 to 44	13.5%	10.3%
45 to 54	14.1%	14.2%
55 to 64	14.3%	13.7%
65 to 74	8.2%	13.5%
75 and over	3.2%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baywood	Port Jefferson
White (non-Hispanic)	34.4%	79.2%
Black or African American	13.4%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.3%	6.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.6%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	47.7%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baywood	Port Jefferson
No high school diploma	17.5%	3.2%
High school graduate	28.8%	12.3%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	15.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	26.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	42.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baywood	Port Jefferson
Drove alone	74.9%	72.8%
Carpooled	12.0%	7.6%
Public transit	6.4%	4.6%
Walked	0.3%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.0%	12.9%
Other means	0.8%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baywood	Port Jefferson
1-unit, detached	94.1%	64.1%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	11.5%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Baywood	Port Jefferson
Poverty rate	8.9%	5.4%
Average household size	3.74	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	30	31
Median year structure built	1960	1972