Bay View vs Kelleys Island

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

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

Bay View has the higher population (625 vs 198 in Kelleys Island). Kelleys Island has the higher median household income ($91,875 vs $87,500 in Bay View). Kelleys Island has the higher median home value ($333,300 vs $159,800 in Bay View).

Population, income & housing

	Bay View	Kelleys Island
Population	625	198
Median age	54.9 yrs	64.6 yrs
Median household income	$87,500	$91,875
Median home value	$159,800	$333,300
Median gross rent	$1,107	—
Housing units	340	966
Homeownership rate	91.7%	93.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.2%	49.4%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	28.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bay View	Kelleys Island
Population	798 → 625 (-21.7%)	236 → 198 (-16.1%)
Median household income	$54,844 → $87,500 (+59.5%)	$59,444 → $91,875 (+54.6%)
Median home value	$120,200 → $159,800 (+32.9%)	$293,500 → $333,300 (+13.6%)
Median gross rent	$867 → $1,107 (+27.7%)	$850 → $950 (+11.8%)

Bay View

Population

798625

Median household income

$54,844$87,500

Median home value

$120,200$159,800

Median gross rent

$867$1,107

Kelleys Island

Population

236198

Median household income

$59,444$91,875

Median home value

$293,500$333,300

Median gross rent

$850$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bay View	Kelleys Island
Under 5	1.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.1%	1.0%
18 to 24	5.4%	8.1%
25 to 34	11.4%	9.1%
35 to 44	7.7%	2.0%
45 to 54	14.1%	5.1%
55 to 64	24.0%	26.3%
65 to 74	16.2%	44.4%
75 and over	9.4%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bay View	Kelleys Island
White (non-Hispanic)	96.3%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bay View	Kelleys Island
No high school diploma	10.3%	3.3%
High school graduate	36.2%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	20.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	32.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	16.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bay View	Kelleys Island
Drove alone	83.9%	50.8%
Carpooled	10.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.6%	11.9%
Worked from home	2.6%	32.2%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bay View	Kelleys Island
1-unit, detached	100.0%	87.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Bay View	Kelleys Island
Poverty rate	6.2%	3.1%
Average household size	2.25	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1963	1986