Photo: AITFFan1 · CC BY-SA 4.0Bayville’s household incomes are higher than in 95% of U.S. towns
Jobs & income A: better than 93% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #57 of 758 in New York.
Walkability A: more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns · #125 of 758 in New York.
Working residents average 37 minutes each way (New York 33, U.S. 26). Only 6% work in Bayville; the top destination outside it is New York City (28%, 26 miles).
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 0.0 transit trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 79.0 in New York City (EPA, 2020 schedules).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Bayville, in brief
Bayville is a place people come home to
There are 820 jobs based in Bayville, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Bayville has about 4,300 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Bayville
72% of Bayville residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 54% of the jobs based in Bayville pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 94% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
28% of Bayville works in New York City
923 working residents, 28%, have their main job in New York City, 26 miles away. That’s 5 times as many as work in Bayville itself. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What’s behind Bayville’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bayville is better than 93% of U.S. towns, #57 of 758 in New York. Household income holds Bayville’s grade up ($149,191, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (4.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bayville could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Bayville quiets down on a workday
On a workday 3,115 residents head out to work, 196 work right here, and 624 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,300 people are in Bayville on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.
0.25 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
What the 820 jobs in Bayville are
820 jobs are based in Bayville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bayville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bayville, 2013 → 2023: 908 → 820. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
28% of working residents work in New York City
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Bayville clocks in
28% of workers
26% of workers
10% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
About 37 minutes each way, longer than most of New York
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bayville workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,077 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Half of Bayville commutes less than 13 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Bayville is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bayville is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns, #125 of 758 in New York. Both inputs place Bayville near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,436 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 9.6% of Bayville households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 13% of Bayville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Bayville is 316th of 3,303 U.S. towns of 4,700 to 9,200 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Bayville, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Lawrence NY | 6,847 | $170K | 3.5% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Irvington NY | 6,533 | $173K | 1.6% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| 16 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 314 | Granby MA | 5,991 | $119K | 4.5% | 2.1% | 7% | A |
| 315 | Morris Plains NJ | 6,586 | $155K | 3.2% | 5.0% | 5% | A |
| 316 | Bayville NY | 6,780 | $149K | 3.7% | 4.5% | 6% | A |
| 317 | Rochester Township IL | 5,700 | $115K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 5% | A |
| 318 | Sadsbury Township PA | 4,741 | $117K | 2.8% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,303 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Bayville and the towns next door
Darker towns draw more of Bayville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bayville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayville | – | A | A | 37 min | $149,191 |
| Centre Island | under 2% | — | — | 42 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Centre Island: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Bayville: questions
What is the median household income in Bayville?
$149,191 (±$24,721) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bayville?
3.7%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bayville?
37 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bayville work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (28%, 26 mi), Oyster Bay (26%, 8 mi), Hempstead (10%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bayville walkable?
Bayville is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.7 out of 20, and 15% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bayville without a car?
13% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bayville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bayville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.