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Oyster Bay town, Nassau County, NY

297,782 Population
103.6 square miles 2,874.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.6 ±1.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Nassau County: 42.4 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 40.2 ±0.2

Economics

$68,695 ±$3,293 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Nassau County: $60,980 ±$1,410
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New York: $48,847 ±$350
$156,073 ±$9,311 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Nassau County: $141,568 ±$3,593
  • nearly double the amount in New York: $82,095 ±$500

3.2% ±0.8% (9,367  ±2,388) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Nassau County: 5.4% † 73,957 (±0.7% / ±9,272)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New York: 14.2% 2,702,955 (±0.3% / ±50,606)

34.2 minutes ±0.8 (4,307,150  ±189,883) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Nassau County: 36.1 21,170,100 (±0.5 / ±465,991)
  • a little higher than the figure in New York: 32.8 270,341,980 (±0.2 / ±2,010,778)

Families

99,756 ±2,609 Number of households
  • Nassau County: 458,162 ±2,540
  • New York: 7,809,267 ±17,008
2.9 ±0.1 (292,981  ±130) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Nassau County: 3 1,361,619 (±0 / ±651)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New York: 2.4 18,954,246

5.1% ±1.6% (3,150  ±1,030) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Nassau County: 4.7% † 13,992 (±0.8% / ±2,279)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 4.9% 223,651 (±0.2% / ±9,540)

Housing

104,529 ±3,258 Number of housing units
  • Nassau County: 479,796 ±239
  • New York: 8,631,232 ±832

$697,600 ±$12,230 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Nassau County: $674,200 ±$5,959
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New York: $420,200 ±$4,220

6.3% ±1.4% (18,595  ±4,261.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Nassau County: 5.9% † 80,767 (±0.6% / ±8,336.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 9.6% 1,865,276 (±0.2% / ±35,369.7)

Social

94.6% ±3% (199,101  ±7,296.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Nassau County: 92.7% 902,029 (±1.7% / ±16,405.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 88.3% 12,264,360 (±0.4% / ±57,263.1)
54.1% ±2.2% (113,853  ±5,130.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Nassau County: 48.9% 475,208 (±1.2% / ±11,376)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 40.6% 5,642,907 (±0.3% / ±38,336)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

17.3% ±1.6% (51,567  ±4,641) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Nassau County: 23% 317,756
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 23.1% 4,517,996

3% ±0.5% (7,054  ±1,224) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Nassau County: 2.9% 31,582 (±0.3% / ±3,045)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 3.6% 563,400 (±0.1% / ±10,870)
7,054 Total veterans ±1,224 6,482 Male ±1,200 572 Female ±470

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