Hempstead vs Valley Stream

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

Hempstead 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.

Hempstead has the higher population (58,569 vs 40,278 in Valley Stream). Valley Stream has the higher median household income ($127,426 vs $82,454 in Hempstead). Valley Stream has the higher median home value ($605,000 vs $442,100 in Hempstead).

Population, income & housing

	Hempstead	Valley Stream
Population	58,569	40,278
Median age	36.5 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$82,454	$127,426
Median home value	$442,100	$605,000
Median gross rent	$1,649	$1,994
Housing units	18,836	12,943
Homeownership rate	45.8%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	38.2%
Unemployment rate	9.5%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hempstead	Valley Stream
Population	55,300 → 58,569 (+5.9%)	37,577 → 40,278 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$62,569 → $82,454 (+31.8%)	$110,189 → $127,426 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$321,200 → $442,100 (+37.6%)	$427,100 → $605,000 (+41.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,450 → $1,649 (+13.7%)	$1,728 → $1,994 (+15.4%)

Hempstead

Population

55,30058,569

Median household income

$62,569$82,454

Median home value

$321,200$442,100

Median gross rent

$1,450$1,649

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)

	Hempstead	Valley Stream
Under 5	6.5%	4.1%
5 to 17	17.0%	15.1%
18 to 24	9.4%	8.4%
25 to 34	15.0%	13.6%
35 to 44	13.7%	12.7%
45 to 54	13.9%	14.4%
55 to 64	11.7%	14.4%
65 to 74	7.2%	11.6%
75 and over	5.5%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hempstead	Valley Stream
White (non-Hispanic)	4.8%	24.5%
Black or African American	43.2%	24.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	18.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	3.6%
Two or more races	3.3%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	45.4%	25.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hempstead	Valley Stream
No high school diploma	23.6%	11.5%
High school graduate	31.4%	24.3%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hempstead	Valley Stream
Drove alone	57.7%	56.1%
Carpooled	13.1%	6.9%
Public transit	18.6%	20.5%
Walked	2.3%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.5%	11.2%
Other means	1.7%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hempstead	Valley Stream
1-unit, detached	45.1%	77.5%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	1.8%
20 or more units	34.7%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Hempstead	Valley Stream
Poverty rate	14.8%	3.5%
Average household size	3.33	3.28
Mean commute (minutes)	33	41
Median year structure built	1957	1951