Bethpage vs North Valley Stream

A side-by-side comparison of Bethpage and North Valley Stream: population, income, housing, and more.

Bethpage and North Valley Stream are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

North Valley Stream has the higher population (17,756 vs 17,334 in Bethpage). North Valley Stream has the higher median household income ($145,204 vs $132,832 in Bethpage). Bethpage has the higher median home value ($597,400 vs $588,800 in North Valley Stream).

Population, income & housing

	Bethpage	North Valley Stream
Population	17,334	17,756
Median age	47.8 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$132,832	$145,204
Median home value	$597,400	$588,800
Median gross rent	$1,492	$2,155
Housing units	6,045	5,482
Homeownership rate	91.8%	93.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.8%	40.4%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethpage	North Valley Stream
Population	17,627 → 17,334 (-1.7%)	18,661 → 17,756 (-4.8%)
Median household income	$123,427 → $132,832 (+7.6%)	$116,224 → $145,204 (+24.9%)
Median home value	$471,600 → $597,400 (+26.7%)	$412,600 → $588,800 (+42.7%)
Median gross rent	$2,055 → $1,492 (-27.4%)	$1,781 → $2,155 (+21.0%)

Bethpage

Population

17,62717,334

Median household income

$123,427$132,832

Median home value

$471,600$597,400

Median gross rent

$2,055$1,492

North Valley Stream

Population

18,66117,756

Median household income

$116,224$145,204

Median home value

$412,600$588,800

Median gross rent

$1,781$2,155

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethpage	North Valley Stream
Under 5	4.4%	6.4%
5 to 17	15.5%	14.0%
18 to 24	7.5%	8.3%
25 to 34	9.4%	14.7%
35 to 44	9.9%	10.6%
45 to 54	13.8%	14.6%
55 to 64	16.6%	13.5%
65 to 74	12.7%	11.8%
75 and over	10.2%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethpage	North Valley Stream
White (non-Hispanic)	72.9%	11.6%
Black or African American	0.2%	41.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	13.4%	14.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	2.6%
Two or more races	1.1%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	11.3%	24.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethpage	North Valley Stream
No high school diploma	6.3%	6.7%
High school graduate	23.5%	22.6%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	24.5%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	19.3%	15.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethpage	North Valley Stream
Drove alone	64.4%	64.3%
Carpooled	8.3%	9.4%
Public transit	9.0%	10.4%
Walked	2.2%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.4%	11.9%
Other means	0.6%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethpage	North Valley Stream
1-unit, detached	79.5%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	0.7%
20 or more units	6.3%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Bethpage	North Valley Stream
Poverty rate	3.8%	4.4%
Average household size	2.90	3.31
Mean commute (minutes)	34	38
Median year structure built	1958	1954