Oyster Bay, NY (New York) Houses and Residents

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Oyster Bay, New York Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 2,898 (2,815 occupied: 1,586 owner occupied, 1,229 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	44%
State:	47%

Housing density: 2358 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $386,378.

Median contract rent in 2007: $1,321 (lower quartile is $998, upper quartile is $1,771)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $1,512

Median gross rent in Oyster Bay, NY in 2007: $1,485

Housing units in Oyster Bay with a mortgage: 712 (63 second mortgage, 65 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 516

Oyster Bay,NY index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $627,281 (it was $296,600 in 2000)

Oyster Bay:	$627,281
New York:	$311,000

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $549,501 - $791,461

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $674,432
Here: $674,432
State: $352,556

Townhouses or other attached units: $701,855
Here: $701,855
State: $476,263

In 2-unit structures: $447,675
Here: $447,675
State: $482,362

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $1,013,347
Here: $1,013,347
State: $552,553

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $170,054
Here: $170,054
State: $503,284

Household type by relationship

Households: 6,739

In family households: 5,537 (1,239 male householders, 527 female householders)
1,460 spouses, 1,750 children (1,663 natural, 30 adopted, 57 stepchildren), 61 grandchildren, 156 brothers or sisters, 109 parents, 104 other relatives, 131 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 1,202 (426 male householders (363 living alone)), 627 female householders (571 living alone)), 149 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 87 (0 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 750 2-persons, 423 3-persons, 332 4-persons, 151 5-persons, 73 6-persons, 37 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 934 1-person, 107 2-persons, 12 3-persons.

1,099 married couples with children.
179 single-parent households (37 men, 142 women).

80.0% of residents of Oyster Bay speak English at home.
10.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (45% speak English very well, 36% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
7.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (65% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 17% speak English not well).
1.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (88% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (38% speak English very well, 62% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 1,044 (15.3%)
(36.6% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.9
State:	6.3

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	3.7
State:	3.6

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Oyster Bay, New York:
	1 room: 19 2 rooms: 39 3 rooms: 107 4 rooms: 82 5 rooms: 118 6 rooms: 285 7 rooms: 370 8 rooms: 374 9 or more rooms: 192

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Oyster Bay, New York:
	1 room: 31 2 rooms: 173 3 rooms: 329 4 rooms: 366 5 rooms: 219 6 rooms: 36 7 rooms: 37 8 rooms: 9 9 or more rooms: 29

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 16
1995 to 1998: 44
1990 to 1994: 15
1980 to 1989: 348
1970 to 1979: 332
1960 to 1969: 445
1950 to 1959: 415
1940 to 1949: 176
1939 or earlier: 1,107

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Oyster Bay:
	no bedroom: 29 1 bedroom: 152 2 bedrooms: 186 3 bedrooms: 717 4 bedrooms: 385 5 or more bedrooms: 117

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Oyster Bay:
	no bedroom: 79 1 bedroom: 570 2 bedrooms: 386 3 bedrooms: 147 4 bedrooms: 39 5 or more bedrooms: 8

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Oyster Bay in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 89 1 vehicle: 465 2 vehicles: 732 3 vehicles: 222 4 vehicles: 65 5 or more vehicles: 13

Cars and other vehicles available in Oyster Bay in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 181 1 vehicle: 544 2 vehicles: 427 3 vehicles: 59 4 vehicles: 18 5 or more vehicles: 0

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Oyster Bay, NY:

Less than $10,000: 0
$10,000 to $14,999: 0
$15,000 to $19,999: 0
$20,000 to $24,999: 0
$25,000 to $29,999: 0
$30,000 to $34,999: 0
$35,000 to $39,999: 0
$40,000 to $49,999: 0
$50,000 to $59,999: 0
$60,000 to $69,999: 0
$70,000 to $79,999: 2
$80,000 to $89,999: 5
$90,000 to $99,999: 7
$100,000 to $124,999: 27
$125,000 to $149,999: 24
$150,000 to $174,999: 41
$175,000 to $199,999: 29
$200,000 to $249,999: 78
$250,000 to $299,999: 54
$300,000 to $399,999: 102
$400,000 to $499,999: 167
$500,000 to $749,999: 548
$750,000 to $999,999: 357
$1,000,000 or more: 146

Oyster Bay rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Oyster Bay:

Less than $100: 13 people
$100 to $149: 5
$150 to $199: 0
$200 to $249: 14
$250 to $299: 20
$300 to $349: 18
$350 to $399: 4
$400 to $449: 3
$450 to $499: 4
$500 to $549: 9
$550 to $599: 24
$600 to $649: 2
$650 to $699: 7
$700 to $749: 12
$750 to $799: 8
$800 to $899: 37
$900 to $999: 69
$1,000 to $1,249: 246
$1,250 to $1,499: 243
$1,500 to $1,999: 313
$2,000 or more: 99
No cash rent: 80

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 219 1990 to 1994: 157 1985 to 1989: 173 1980 to 1984: 159 1975 to 1979: 57 1970 to 1974: 32 1970 to 1974: 77 1965 to 1969: 170

Oyster Bay, NY Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 71.4%
Number of people working at home: 113 (3.3% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 153
5 to 9 minutes: 353
10 to 14 minutes: 365
15 to 19 minutes: 333
20 to 24 minutes: 420
25 to 29 minutes: 241
30 to 34 minutes: 424
35 to 39 minutes: 109
40 to 44 minutes: 144
45 to 59 minutes: 230
60 to 89 minutes: 257
90 or more minutes: 312

Oyster Bay mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 2,556 (74%)
Carpooled: 204 (6%)
Bus or trolley bus: 6 (0%)
Railroad: 291 (8%)
Taxi: 15 (0%)
Bicycle: 32 (1%)
Walked: 211 (6%)
Other means: 26 (1%)
Worked at home: 113 (3%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 264
$10,000 to $14,999: 72
$15,000 to $19,999: 115
$20,000 to $24,999: 64
$25,000 to $29,999: 149
$30,000 to $34,999: 87
$35,000 to $39,999: 61
$40,000 to $44,999: 156
$45,000 to $49,999: 115
$50,000 to $59,999: 357
$60,000 to $74,999: 353
$75,000 to $99,999: 295
$100,000 to $124,999: 248
$125,000 to $149,999: 165
$150,000 to $199,999: 99
$200,000 or more: 219

First ancestries reported:

Italian: 1552

Other groups: 1101

Irish: 942

German: 544

United States or American: 282

Polish: 281

English: 231

Russian: 173

Swedish: 118

Scottish: 83

Scotch-Irish: 73

Yugoslavian: 69

French (except Basque): 66

Norwegian: 59

Greek: 57

Turkish: 51

British: 46

Austrian: 46

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 38

Ukrainian: 29

Subsaharan African:: 29

Eastern European: 26

Jamaican: 25

Canadian: 20

Armenian: 20

French Canadian: 19

African: 16

Hungarian: 15

Iranian: 15

Croatian: 14

Danish: 14

Other Subsaharan African: 13

West Indian: 13

Welsh: 12

European: 11

Swiss: 11

Slavic: 8

Czechoslovakian: 8

Dutch: 8

Romanian: 7

Belgian: 7

Lithuanian: 7

Arab:: 6

Syrian: 6

Czech: 5

Slovak: 4

Alsatian: 3

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

El Salvador (18%)
Chile (15%)
Colombia (8%)
Poland (6%)
Italy (4%)
Turkey (4%)
Yugoslavia (4%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 5195
Northeast: 273
Midwest: 119
South: 110
West: 49

62% of Oyster Bay residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 86% lived in New York.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 25
Nursery to 4th grade: 4
5th and 6th grade: 15
7th and 8th grade: 36
9th grade: 31
10th grade: 54
11th grade: 28
12th grade, no diploma: 59
High school graduate (or equivalency): 499
Less than 1 year of college: 157
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 252
Associate degree: 111
Bachelor's degree: 683
Master's degree: 238
Professional school degree: 114
Doctorate degree: 39

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 51
Nursery to 4th grade: 9
5th and 6th grade: 24
7th and 8th grade: 56
9th grade: 61
10th grade: 52
11th grade: 65
12th grade, no diploma: 36
High school graduate (or equivalency): 699
Less than 1 year of college: 119
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 303
Associate degree: 166
Bachelor's degree: 639
Master's degree: 348
Professional school degree: 72
Doctorate degree: 30

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 2.0%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 2.6%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 17.9%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 34.1%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 2.6%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 14.4%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $76,960
Black householders: $46,150
Asian householders: $234,127
Some other race householders: $59,610
Two or more races householders: $51,589
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $51,617

Oyster Bay household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Oyster Bay household income for Black householders

Oyster Bay household income for Asian householders

Oyster Bay household income for Some other race householders

Oyster Bay household income for Two or more races householders

Oyster Bay household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Oyster Bay marital status for males

Oyster Bay marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $682,479
Black or African American householders: $1,189,633
Asian householders: $603,382
Two or more races householders: $396,544
Hispanic or Latino householders: $528,726

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 1,405
One, attached: 134
Two: 473
3 or 4: 174
5 to 9: 198
10 to 19: 370
20 to 49: 41
50 or more: 103

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 2%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Oyster Bay:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (52%) Utility gas (42%) Electricity (4%) Coal or coke (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (41%) Utility gas (37%) Electricity (16%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 113

Here:	19.1%
New York:	14.0%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 64

Here:	19.0%
New York:	13.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 128

Here:	48.9%
New York:	38.2%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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