Brightwaters vs Lloyd Harbor

A side-by-side comparison of Brightwaters and Lloyd Harbor: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lloyd Harbor has the higher population (3,570 vs 3,185 in Brightwaters). Lloyd Harbor has the higher median household income ($242,434 vs $203,750 in Brightwaters). Lloyd Harbor has the higher median home value ($1,458,800 vs $710,600 in Brightwaters).

Population, income & housing

	Brightwaters	Lloyd Harbor
Population	3,185	3,570
Median age	40.4 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$203,750	$242,434
Median home value	$710,600	$1,458,800
Median gross rent	$1,986	$1,738
Housing units	1,033	1,207
Homeownership rate	96.2%	96.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.4%	72.3%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brightwaters	Lloyd Harbor
Population	3,075 → 3,185 (+3.6%)	3,677 → 3,570 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$127,931 → $203,750 (+59.3%)	$250,001 → $242,434 (-3.0%)
Median home value	$515,800 → $710,600 (+37.8%)	$1,573,400 → $1,458,800 (-7.3%)
Median gross rent	$2,542 → $1,986 (-21.9%)	$1,220 → $1,738 (+42.5%)

Brightwaters

Population

3,0753,185

Median household income

$127,931$203,750

Median home value

$515,800$710,600

Median gross rent

$2,542$1,986

Lloyd Harbor

Population

3,6773,570

Median household income

$250,001$242,434

Median home value

$1,573,400$1,458,800

Median gross rent

$1,220$1,738

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brightwaters	Lloyd Harbor
Under 5	4.1%	4.3%
5 to 17	24.5%	22.4%
18 to 24	5.6%	8.7%
25 to 34	8.0%	3.6%
35 to 44	15.5%	9.4%
45 to 54	13.5%	13.6%
55 to 64	13.9%	18.8%
65 to 74	10.5%	8.6%
75 and over	4.3%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brightwaters	Lloyd Harbor
White (non-Hispanic)	84.9%	84.1%
Black or African American	2.6%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brightwaters	Lloyd Harbor
No high school diploma	0.9%	6.8%
High school graduate	13.2%	6.9%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	14.0%
Bachelor's degree	28.0%	27.2%
Graduate or professional degree	29.4%	45.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brightwaters	Lloyd Harbor
Drove alone	67.4%	55.6%
Carpooled	2.5%	4.1%
Public transit	5.7%	8.8%
Walked	2.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.6%	29.0%
Other means	2.7%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brightwaters	Lloyd Harbor
1-unit, detached	97.7%	92.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brightwaters	Lloyd Harbor
Poverty rate	0.2%	3.3%
Average household size	3.08	3.06
Mean commute (minutes)	28	41
Median year structure built	1945	1967