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West Bay Shore CDP, New York: commercial real estate data.
West Bay Shore CDP is a Census CDP of 4,208 people across 2.18 square miles of land, in Suffolk County. Median household income is $137,083, 95.4 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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West Bay Shore
What West Bay Shore is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area2.18 sq mi
- Water area3.22 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,927
- County holding the largest share of its areaSuffolk County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
West Bay Shore
How many people live in West Bay Shore
- Population4,208
- Median age51.2
- Population under 18778 plus or minus 221
- Share under 1818.5 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Population 65 and over1,296
- Share 65 and over30.8 percent
- Households1,621
- Family households1,187
- Share of households that are families73.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
West Bay Shore
Income and work in West Bay Shore
- Median household income$137,083
- Per capita income$62,838
- Civilian labor force1,993
- Employed1,903
- Unemployed90 plus or minus 53
- Unemployment rate4.5 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Adults 25 and over3,287
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher96.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher52.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree25.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
West Bay Shore
Housing in West Bay Shore
- Housing units1,638
- Occupied units1,621
- Vacant units17 plus or minus 18
- Vacancy rate1.0 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Owner occupied1,547
- Renter occupied74 plus or minus 72
- Ownership rate95.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$584,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$2,370 plus or minus $2,297
- Annual rent as a share of median income20.7 percent plus or minus 20.5
- Single family units1,638
- Share single family100.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more0
- Share in buildings of two or more0.0 percent
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1962
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
West Bay Shore
How West Bay Shore gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,694 plus or minus 363
- Commuting under 15 minutes551 plus or minus 258
- Share commuting under 15 minutes32.5 percent plus or minus 13.5
- Commuting 30 minutes or more724 plus or minus 167
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more42.7 percent
- Drove alone74.2 percent
- Carpooled7.1 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Public transport7.1 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Walked1.0 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Worked from home10.7 percent plus or minus 3.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Suffolk County, not West Bay Shore
Suffolk County context, not West Bay Shore figures
These are Suffolk County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as West Bay Shore measurements.
- Establishments in Suffolk County50,748
- Employment at those establishments, Suffolk County592,580
- Covered employment, Suffolk County679,594
- Average annual pay, Suffolk County$79,121
- Average weekly wage, Suffolk County$1,522
- Housing units permitted, Suffolk County1,407
- Of those, single family, Suffolk County1,137
- County product, 2024, Suffolk County$139,014,125,000
- County product change over the prior year, Suffolk County5.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Suffolk County$144,254
Every figure in this section is published for Suffolk County as a whole and is not a measurement of West Bay Shore. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
West Bay Shore questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in West Bay Shore, New York?
4,208, in 1,621 households. West Bay Shore CDP covers 2.18 square miles of land, which is 1,927 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is West Bay Shore in?
Suffolk County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in West Bay Shore?
$137,083. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $584,400. Median gross rent is $2,370 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page West Bay Shore figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Suffolk County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of West Bay Shore.
Is zoning published for West Bay Shore?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.