Bay View vs Castalia

A side-by-side comparison of Bay View and Castalia: population, income, housing, and more.

Bay View and Castalia are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Castalia has the higher population (1,348 vs 625 in Bay View). Bay View has the higher median household income ($87,500 vs $51,798 in Castalia). Castalia has the higher median home value ($179,300 vs $159,800 in Bay View).

Population, income & housing

	Bay View	Castalia
Population	625	1,348
Median age	54.9 yrs	29.2 yrs
Median household income	$87,500	$51,798
Median home value	$159,800	$179,300
Median gross rent	$1,107	$775
Housing units	340	511
Homeownership rate	91.7%	51.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.2%	13.8%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bay View	Castalia
Population	798 → 625 (-21.7%)	953 → 1,348 (+41.4%)
Median household income	$54,844 → $87,500 (+59.5%)	$66,985 → $51,798 (-22.7%)
Median home value	$120,200 → $159,800 (+32.9%)	$148,100 → $179,300 (+21.1%)
Median gross rent	$867 → $1,107 (+27.7%)	$750 → $775 (+3.3%)

Bay View

Population

798625

Median household income

$54,844$87,500

Median home value

$120,200$159,800

Median gross rent

$867$1,107

Castalia

Population

9531,348

Median household income

$66,985$51,798

Median home value

$148,100$179,300

Median gross rent

$750$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bay View	Castalia
Under 5	1.8%	7.4%
5 to 17	10.1%	27.1%
18 to 24	5.4%	9.1%
25 to 34	11.4%	14.3%
35 to 44	7.7%	7.6%
45 to 54	14.1%	13.4%
55 to 64	24.0%	9.9%
65 to 74	16.2%	7.3%
75 and over	9.4%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bay View	Castalia
White (non-Hispanic)	96.3%	67.7%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	25.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bay View	Castalia
No high school diploma	10.3%	8.3%
High school graduate	36.2%	40.4%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bay View	Castalia
Drove alone	83.9%	74.8%
Carpooled	10.0%	20.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	2.0%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bay View	Castalia
1-unit, detached	100.0%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Bay View	Castalia
Poverty rate	6.2%	31.7%
Average household size	2.25	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	20	29
Median year structure built	1963	1953