Bay View vs Lyman

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

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

Bay View has the higher population (626 vs 437 in Lyman). Bay View has the higher median household income ($98,571 vs $85,625 in Lyman). Bay View has the higher median home value ($743,000 vs $339,600 in Lyman).

Population, income & housing

	Bay View	Lyman
Population	626	437
Median age	60.8 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$98,571	$85,625
Median home value	$743,000	$339,600
Median gross rent	—	$1,125
Housing units	338	178
Homeownership rate	88.8%	86.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.5%	5.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bay View	Lyman
Population	662 → 626 (-5.4%)	437 → 437 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$105,250 → $98,571 (-6.3%)	$76,250 → $85,625 (+12.3%)
Median home value	$531,300 → $743,000 (+39.8%)	$229,400 → $339,600 (+48.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,250 → $1,125 (-10.0%)

Bay View

Population

662626

Median household income

$105,250$98,571

Median home value

$531,300$743,000

Lyman

Population

437437

Median household income

$76,250$85,625

Median home value

$229,400$339,600

Median gross rent

$1,250$1,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bay View	Lyman
Under 5	0.6%	6.6%
5 to 17	9.9%	13.7%
18 to 24	5.9%	12.4%
25 to 34	4.0%	15.3%
35 to 44	16.1%	16.7%
45 to 54	6.1%	18.8%
55 to 64	15.3%	10.5%
65 to 74	25.9%	4.8%
75 and over	16.1%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bay View	Lyman
White (non-Hispanic)	99.2%	82.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	13.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bay View	Lyman
No high school diploma	4.4%	9.2%
High school graduate	15.1%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	47.0%	43.5%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bay View	Lyman
Drove alone	71.1%	80.6%
Carpooled	15.3%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	9.4%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	9.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bay View	Lyman
1-unit, detached	78.4%	85.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.6%	12.4%

Poverty & households

	Bay View	Lyman
Poverty rate	0.5%	9.4%
Average household size	2.24	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	20	35
Median year structure built	1994	1955