Huntington vs North Bay Shore

A side-by-side comparison of Huntington and North Bay Shore: population, income, housing, and more.

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

North Bay Shore has the higher population (20,501 vs 20,117 in Huntington). Huntington has the higher median household income ($162,066 vs $117,893 in North Bay Shore). Huntington has the higher median home value ($733,000 vs $449,900 in North Bay Shore).

Population, income & housing

	Huntington	North Bay Shore
Population	20,117	20,501
Median age	47.2 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$162,066	$117,893
Median home value	$733,000	$449,900
Median gross rent	$2,347	$1,664
Housing units	8,392	4,847
Homeownership rate	83.5%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.8%	13.4%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Huntington	North Bay Shore
Population	17,420 → 20,117 (+15.5%)	21,679 → 20,501 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$123,797 → $162,066 (+30.9%)	$89,275 → $117,893 (+32.1%)
Median home value	$615,000 → $733,000 (+19.2%)	$298,400 → $449,900 (+50.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,990 → $2,347 (+17.9%)	$1,709 → $1,664 (-2.6%)

Huntington

Population

17,42020,117

Median household income

$123,797$162,066

Median home value

$615,000$733,000

Median gross rent

$1,990$2,347

North Bay Shore

Population

21,67920,501

Median household income

$89,275$117,893

Median home value

$298,400$449,900

Median gross rent

$1,709$1,664

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Huntington	North Bay Shore
Under 5	2.9%	5.6%
5 to 17	13.4%	17.9%
18 to 24	7.7%	10.4%
25 to 34	12.7%	16.4%
35 to 44	10.8%	15.4%
45 to 54	13.6%	13.9%
55 to 64	16.9%	9.5%
65 to 74	13.8%	6.3%
75 and over	8.1%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Huntington	North Bay Shore
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	11.2%
Black or African American	1.1%	11.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.5%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	4.3%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	66.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Huntington	North Bay Shore
No high school diploma	2.9%	26.5%
High school graduate	10.0%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	19.3%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	32.8%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	35.0%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Huntington	North Bay Shore
Drove alone	63.7%	72.6%
Carpooled	2.1%	12.6%
Public transit	11.1%	4.7%
Walked	1.7%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.2%	1.8%
Other means	0.8%	7.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Huntington	North Bay Shore
1-unit, detached	81.4%	85.1%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	2.2%
20 or more units	1.5%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Huntington	North Bay Shore
Poverty rate	4.8%	6.7%
Average household size	2.46	4.53
Mean commute (minutes)	37	27
Median year structure built	1956	1967