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Oyster Bay town, Nassau County, NY

299,530 Population
103.6 square miles 2,890.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.4 ±1.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Nassau County: 42.3 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 40.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$71,106 ±$3,011 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Nassau County: $64,435 ±$1,442
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New York: $51,002 ±$412
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$152,258 ±$7,346 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Nassau County: $143,144 ±$3,935
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New York: $85,820 ±$653
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

4.2% ±0.9% (12,258  ±2,708) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Nassau County: 5.6% † 76,773 (±0.7% / ±9,019)
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 14% 2,704,799 (±0.3% / ±50,713)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

37.2 minutes ±1 (4,615,425  ±248,473) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Nassau County: 37.8 22,926,936 (±0.8 / ±620,181)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 33.2 279,586,620 (±0.2 / ±1,926,387)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

101,980 ±2,515 Number of households
  • Nassau County: 460,169 ±3,303
  • New York: 7,828,074 ±18,401
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.9 ±0.1 (293,846  ±292) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Nassau County: 3 1,369,765 (±0 / ±912)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,188,964
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.3% ±1.7% (3,858  ±1,085) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Nassau County: 4.5% † 13,683 (±0.6% / ±1,799)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 4.7% 219,646 (±0.2% / ±8,685)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

104,048 ±2,648 Number of housing units
  • Nassau County: 480,668 ±318
  • New York: 8,676,911 ±743
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$745,800 ±$15,603 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Nassau County: $704,400 ±$7,791
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New York: $449,800 ±$3,718
  • more than double the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

6.2% ±1.3% (18,449  ±3,924) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Nassau County: 5.3% † 73,156 (±0.6% / ±7,693)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 9.3% 1,836,837 (±0.2% / ±36,336)
  • about half the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

93.7% ±2.9% (198,739  ±7,182.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Nassau County: 91.9% 901,613 (±1.6% / ±15,688.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,430,128 (±0.4% / ±58,727.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
57.1% ±2.4% (121,196  ±5,575.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Nassau County: 51.5% 505,953 (±1.1% / ±11,147.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 41.2% 5,819,065 (±0.3% / ±39,724.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

18.5% ±1.6% (55,469  ±4,911) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Nassau County: 24.9% 346,767
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 23.3% 4,621,382
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

3% ±0.6% (6,997  ±1,473) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Nassau County: 2.8% † 31,002 (±0.3% / ±3,418)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 3.5% 550,582 (±0.1% / ±11,292)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
6,997 Total veterans ±1,473 6,604 Male ±1,465 393 Female ±311

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