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Valley Stream, NY

40,304 Population
3.5 square miles 11,589 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 39 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$43,460 ±$1,942 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $47,591 ±$202
  • about the same as the amount in New York: $43,208 ±$189
$115,602 ±$9,716 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $86,445 ±$389
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New York: $75,157 ±$322

3.4% ±1.2% (1,360  ±493) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 12.3% 2,416,764 (±0.1% / ±25,888)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New York: 13.5% 2,636,823 (±0.1% / ±26,596)

42.7 minutes ±2.4 (825,500  ±61,415) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 36.7 313,743,650 (±0.1 / ±989,757)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in New York: 33.3 284,720,580 (±0.1 / ±1,011,891)

Families

12,520 ±451 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 7,248,123 ±11,251
  • New York: 7,530,150 ±13,493
3.2 ±0.1 (40,243  ±95) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 2.7 19,628,584
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New York: 2.6 19,542,206

3.2% ±1.4% (316  ±140) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 4.8% 228,429 (±0.1% / ±4,502)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 4.7% 224,967 (±0.1% / ±4,211)

Housing

13,279 ±492 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 7,931,425 ±1,891
  • New York: 8,449,178 ±1,485

$469,200 ±$7,900 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $483,500 ±$1,166
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New York: $340,600 ±$1,211

6.6% ±2% (2,643  ±796.9) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 9.5% 1,875,996 (±0.1% / ±19,582.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 10.3% 2,052,819 (±0.1% / ±17,823.7)

Social

90.4% ±4.7% (25,979  ±1,488.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 87.3% 12,223,803 (±0.2% / ±30,047.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 87.4% 12,311,423 (±0.2% / ±30,558.5)
41.2% ±3.4% (11,839  ±1,012.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 42% 5,887,025 (±0.1% / ±19,445)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 38.1% 5,366,712 (±0.1% / ±19,738.8)

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

36.3% ±3.1% (14,609  ±1,255) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 29.4% 5,882,532 (±0.1% / ±23,006)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 22.5% 4,523,896 (±0.1% / ±18,762)

2.7% ±0.6% (867  ±197) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 3.1% 481,279 (±0% / ±6,125)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 4.2% 665,257 (±0% / ±6,237)
867 Total veterans ±197 807 Male ±188 60 Female ±77

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