Freeport vs Valley Stream

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

Freeport 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.

Freeport has the higher population (44,102 vs 40,278 in Valley Stream). Valley Stream has the higher median household income ($127,426 vs $118,755 in Freeport). Valley Stream has the higher median home value ($605,000 vs $479,700 in Freeport).

Population, income & housing

	Freeport	Valley Stream
Population	44,102	40,278
Median age	39.1 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$118,755	$127,426
Median home value	$479,700	$605,000
Median gross rent	$1,984	$1,994
Housing units	14,750	12,943
Homeownership rate	70.9%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.2%	38.2%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Freeport	Valley Stream
Population	43,078 → 44,102 (+2.4%)	37,577 → 40,278 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$81,958 → $118,755 (+44.9%)	$110,189 → $127,426 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$339,100 → $479,700 (+41.5%)	$427,100 → $605,000 (+41.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,486 → $1,984 (+33.5%)	$1,728 → $1,994 (+15.4%)

Freeport

Population

43,07844,102

Median household income

$81,958$118,755

Median home value

$339,100$479,700

Median gross rent

$1,486$1,984

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)

	Freeport	Valley Stream
Under 5	4.9%	4.1%
5 to 17	16.0%	15.1%
18 to 24	8.6%	8.4%
25 to 34	15.1%	13.6%
35 to 44	14.2%	12.7%
45 to 54	13.7%	14.4%
55 to 64	12.4%	14.4%
65 to 74	9.0%	11.6%
75 and over	6.0%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Freeport	Valley Stream
White (non-Hispanic)	19.0%	24.5%
Black or African American	32.9%	24.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	18.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	3.6%
Two or more races	2.8%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	43.2%	25.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Freeport	Valley Stream
No high school diploma	13.7%	11.5%
High school graduate	31.6%	24.3%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Freeport	Valley Stream
Drove alone	67.2%	56.1%
Carpooled	9.6%	6.9%
Public transit	9.7%	20.5%
Walked	2.5%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	8.2%	11.2%
Other means	2.6%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Freeport	Valley Stream
1-unit, detached	62.4%	77.5%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	1.8%
20 or more units	21.0%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Freeport	Valley Stream
Poverty rate	6.2%	3.5%
Average household size	3.12	3.28
Mean commute (minutes)	33	41
Median year structure built	1952	1951