Baywood vs Independence

A side-by-side comparison of Baywood and Independence: population, income, housing, and more.

Baywood and Independence are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Independence has the higher population (1,144 vs 719 in Baywood). Independence has the higher median household income ($36,250 vs $30,500 in Baywood). Independence has the higher median home value ($115,700 vs $93,300 in Baywood).

Population, income & housing

	Baywood	Independence
Population	719	1,144
Median age	33.0 yrs	58.0 yrs
Median household income	$30,500	$36,250
Median home value	$93,300	$115,700
Median gross rent	$731	$762
Housing units	312	559
Homeownership rate	46.9%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baywood	Independence
Population	604 → 719 (+19.0%)	1,040 → 1,144 (+10.0%)
Median household income	$76,136 → $30,500 (-59.9%)	$24,651 → $36,250 (+47.1%)
Median home value	$97,000 → $93,300 (-3.8%)	$90,000 → $115,700 (+28.6%)
Median gross rent	$908 → $731 (-19.5%)	$392 → $762 (+94.4%)

Baywood

Population

604719

Median household income

$76,136$30,500

Median home value

$97,000$93,300

Median gross rent

$908$731

Independence

Population

1,0401,144

Median household income

$24,651$36,250

Median home value

$90,000$115,700

Median gross rent

$392$762

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baywood	Independence
Under 5	1.9%	6.6%
5 to 17	18.9%	13.6%
18 to 24	5.3%	4.2%
25 to 34	24.1%	10.8%
35 to 44	2.8%	6.7%
45 to 54	19.6%	5.7%
55 to 64	14.3%	18.3%
65 to 74	8.2%	16.7%
75 and over	4.9%	17.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baywood	Independence
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	91.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baywood	Independence
No high school diploma	12.1%	12.7%
High school graduate	71.0%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	16.9%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baywood	Independence
Drove alone	82.4%	74.4%
Carpooled	17.6%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.1%
Other means	0.0%	4.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baywood	Independence
1-unit, detached	63.1%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	16.0%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	9.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	18.6%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Baywood	Independence
Poverty rate	21.3%	17.6%
Average household size	2.81	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	14	20
Median year structure built	1967	1968