Baywood vs Port Jefferson Station

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

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

Port Jefferson Station has the higher population (7,605 vs 7,577 in Baywood). Port Jefferson Station has the higher median household income ($117,087 vs $112,546 in Baywood). Port Jefferson Station has the higher median home value ($472,400 vs $411,900 in Baywood).

Population, income & housing

	Baywood	Port Jefferson Station
Population	7,577	7,605
Median age	37.3 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$112,546	$117,087
Median home value	$411,900	$472,400
Median gross rent	$2,523	$2,309
Housing units	2,035	2,839
Homeownership rate	84.8%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	38.9%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baywood	Port Jefferson Station
Population	7,275 → 7,577 (+4.2%)	7,397 → 7,605 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$99,023 → $112,546 (+13.7%)	$93,542 → $117,087 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$305,000 → $411,900 (+35.0%)	$379,500 → $472,400 (+24.5%)
Median gross rent	$2,012 → $2,523 (+25.4%)	$1,739 → $2,309 (+32.8%)

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 Station

Population

7,3977,605

Median household income

$93,542$117,087

Median home value

$379,500$472,400

Median gross rent

$1,739$2,309

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baywood	Port Jefferson Station
Under 5	5.9%	6.1%
5 to 17	16.2%	16.5%
18 to 24	10.5%	11.0%
25 to 34	14.2%	12.2%
35 to 44	13.5%	13.3%
45 to 54	14.1%	14.2%
55 to 64	14.3%	14.2%
65 to 74	8.2%	6.5%
75 and over	3.2%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baywood	Port Jefferson Station
White (non-Hispanic)	34.4%	60.4%
Black or African American	13.4%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	47.7%	30.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baywood	Port Jefferson Station
No high school diploma	17.5%	9.4%
High school graduate	28.8%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	18.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baywood	Port Jefferson Station
Drove alone	74.9%	74.9%
Carpooled	12.0%	8.2%
Public transit	6.4%	1.8%
Walked	0.3%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.3%
Worked from home	5.0%	14.4%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baywood	Port Jefferson Station
1-unit, detached	94.1%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Baywood	Port Jefferson Station
Poverty rate	8.9%	9.8%
Average household size	3.74	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1960	1969