Long Valley vs Stirling

A side-by-side comparison of Long Valley and Stirling: population, income, housing, and more.

Long Valley and Stirling are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Stirling has the higher population (2,868 vs 2,107 in Long Valley). Stirling has the higher median household income ($158,043 vs $106,528 in Long Valley). Stirling has the higher median home value ($671,800 vs $452,400 in Long Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Long Valley	Stirling
Population	2,107	2,868
Median age	49.4 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$106,528	$158,043
Median home value	$452,400	$671,800
Median gross rent	$1,717	$1,710
Housing units	883	888
Homeownership rate	84.1%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.8%	60.9%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Long Valley	Stirling
Population	2,201 → 2,107 (-4.3%)	2,700 → 2,868 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$104,722 → $106,528 (+1.7%)	$124,883 → $158,043 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$394,200 → $452,400 (+14.8%)	$581,000 → $671,800 (+15.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,979 → $1,717 (-13.2%)	$1,553 → $1,710 (+10.1%)

Long Valley

Population

2,2012,107

Median household income

$104,722$106,528

Median home value

$394,200$452,400

Median gross rent

$1,979$1,717

Stirling

Population

2,7002,868

Median household income

$124,883$158,043

Median home value

$581,000$671,800

Median gross rent

$1,553$1,710

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Long Valley	Stirling
Under 5	6.7%	11.5%
5 to 17	18.9%	14.7%
18 to 24	8.0%	7.4%
25 to 34	8.1%	13.1%
35 to 44	5.1%	13.3%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.2%
55 to 64	18.6%	10.3%
65 to 74	14.0%	9.3%
75 and over	8.4%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Long Valley	Stirling
White (non-Hispanic)	78.8%	68.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	12.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	17.4%	15.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Long Valley	Stirling
No high school diploma	2.4%	1.4%
High school graduate	13.9%	13.6%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	34.7%
Graduate or professional degree	31.6%	26.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Long Valley	Stirling
Drove alone	77.4%	69.0%
Carpooled	2.2%	1.8%
Public transit	4.7%	7.1%
Walked	0.0%	6.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.7%	15.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Long Valley	Stirling
1-unit, detached	82.9%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	20.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Long Valley	Stirling
Poverty rate	7.4%	4.6%
Average household size	2.62	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	46	23
Median year structure built	1969	1964