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Valley Stream Central High School District, NY

68,006 Population
6.3 square miles 10,728.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.5 ±2.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Nassau County: 42.3 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 40.1 ±0.2

Economics

$44,290 ±$4,340 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Nassau County: $64,435 ±$1,442
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $51,002 ±$412
$122,420 ±$17,056 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Nassau County: $143,144 ±$3,935
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New York: $85,820 ±$653

7% ±3.7% (4,698  ±2,535) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Nassau County: 5.6% † 76,773 (±0.7% / ±9,019)
  • about half the rate in New York: 14% 2,704,799 (±0.3% / ±50,713)

39.3 minutes ±7.6 (1,227,030  ±162,405) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Nassau County: 37.8 22,926,936 (±0.8 / ±620,181)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New York: 33.2 279,586,620 (±0.2 / ±1,926,387)

Families

20,259 ±2,153 Number of households
  • Nassau County: 460,169 ±3,303
  • New York: 7,828,074 ±18,401
3.3 ±0.5 (67,649  ±6,154) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Nassau County: 3 1,369,765 (±0 / ±912)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in New York: 2.5 19,188,964

4.6% ±3% (727  ±482) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Nassau County: 4.5% † 13,683 (±0.6% / ±1,799)
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 4.7% 219,646 (±0.2% / ±8,685)

Housing

21,233 ±2,405 Number of housing units
  • Nassau County: 480,668 ±318
  • New York: 8,676,911 ±743

$633,400 ±$19,081 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Nassau County: $704,400 ±$7,791
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New York: $449,800 ±$3,718

6% ±1.7% (3,872  ±1,076.3) Moved since previous year * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Nassau County: 6.5% 90,029 (±0.3% / ±4,055.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)

Social

89.7% ±12.8% (43,204  ±4,168.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Nassau County: 91.9% 901,613 (±1.6% / ±15,688.7)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 88% 12,430,128 (±0.4% / ±58,727.5)
43% ±4.1% (20,727  ±2,936.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nassau County: 51.5% 505,953 (±1.1% / ±11,147.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 41.2% 5,819,065 (±0.3% / ±39,724.9)

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

38.2% ±4% (25,981  ±3,583) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Nassau County: 24.9% 346,767
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 23.3% 4,621,382

1.4% ±0.7% (763  ±376) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Nassau County: 2.8% † 31,002 (±0.3% / ±3,418)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 3.5% 550,582 (±0.1% / ±11,292)
763 Total veterans ±376 689 Male ±349 74 Female ±127

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