Elmont vs Valley Stream

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

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

Valley Stream has the higher population (40,278 vs 36,436 in Elmont). Valley Stream has the higher median household income ($127,426 vs $120,917 in Elmont). Valley Stream has the higher median home value ($605,000 vs $576,800 in Elmont).

Population, income & housing

	Elmont	Valley Stream
Population	36,436	40,278
Median age	38.1 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$120,917	$127,426
Median home value	$576,800	$605,000
Median gross rent	$2,434	$1,994
Housing units	10,419	12,943
Homeownership rate	79.5%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.0%	38.2%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elmont	Valley Stream
Population	35,824 → 36,436 (+1.7%)	37,577 → 40,278 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$104,671 → $120,917 (+15.5%)	$110,189 → $127,426 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$402,400 → $576,800 (+43.3%)	$427,100 → $605,000 (+41.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,779 → $2,434 (+36.8%)	$1,728 → $1,994 (+15.4%)

Elmont

Population

35,82436,436

Median household income

$104,671$120,917

Median home value

$402,400$576,800

Median gross rent

$1,779$2,434

Valley Stream

Population

37,57740,278

Median household income

$110,189$127,426

Median home value

$427,100$605,000

Median gross rent

$1,728$1,994

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elmont	Valley Stream
Under 5	5.6%	4.1%
5 to 17	13.9%	15.1%
18 to 24	9.7%	8.4%
25 to 34	16.6%	13.6%
35 to 44	12.9%	12.7%
45 to 54	13.2%	14.4%
55 to 64	13.0%	14.4%
65 to 74	10.0%	11.6%
75 and over	5.1%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elmont	Valley Stream
White (non-Hispanic)	13.1%	24.5%
Black or African American	41.3%	24.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	15.4%	18.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	3.6%
Two or more races	6.1%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	22.3%	25.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elmont	Valley Stream
No high school diploma	13.9%	11.5%
High school graduate	25.8%	24.3%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elmont	Valley Stream
Drove alone	67.0%	56.1%
Carpooled	8.6%	6.9%
Public transit	14.6%	20.5%
Walked	2.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	4.7%	11.2%
Other means	2.9%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elmont	Valley Stream
1-unit, detached	80.8%	77.5%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	12.7%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	1.8%
20 or more units	1.2%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Elmont	Valley Stream
Poverty rate	4.2%	3.5%
Average household size	3.65	3.28
Mean commute (minutes)	41	41
Median year structure built	1952	1951