Locust Valley vs Manhasset Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Locust Valley and Manhasset Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Manhasset Hills has the higher population (3,789 vs 3,591 in Locust Valley). Manhasset Hills has the higher median household income ($192,198 vs $137,344 in Locust Valley). Manhasset Hills has the higher median home value ($1,059,800 vs $775,200 in Locust Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Locust Valley	Manhasset Hills
Population	3,591	3,789
Median age	42.6 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$137,344	$192,198
Median home value	$775,200	$1,059,800
Median gross rent	$2,274	$3,213
Housing units	1,283	1,219
Homeownership rate	75.1%	89.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.6%	60.3%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Locust Valley	Manhasset Hills
Population	3,481 → 3,591 (+3.2%)	3,615 → 3,789 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$130,521 → $137,344 (+5.2%)	$175,139 → $192,198 (+9.7%)
Median home value	$595,900 → $775,200 (+30.1%)	$846,800 → $1,059,800 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,944 → $2,274 (+17.0%)	$2,656 → $3,213 (+21.0%)

Locust Valley

Population

3,4813,591

Median household income

$130,521$137,344

Median home value

$595,900$775,200

Median gross rent

$1,944$2,274

Manhasset Hills

Population

3,6153,789

Median household income

$175,139$192,198

Median home value

$846,800$1,059,800

Median gross rent

$2,656$3,213

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Locust Valley	Manhasset Hills
Under 5	6.3%	4.9%
5 to 17	21.2%	13.9%
18 to 24	5.5%	11.4%
25 to 34	7.6%	8.2%
35 to 44	11.0%	13.2%
45 to 54	15.7%	13.7%
55 to 64	13.4%	12.7%
65 to 74	12.1%	10.4%
75 and over	7.2%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Locust Valley	Manhasset Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	84.4%	31.1%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.7%	51.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	14.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Locust Valley	Manhasset Hills
No high school diploma	7.2%	1.9%
High school graduate	8.8%	9.3%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	38.1%
Graduate or professional degree	28.8%	22.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Locust Valley	Manhasset Hills
Drove alone	66.1%	64.3%
Carpooled	1.3%	11.1%
Public transit	8.6%	8.8%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.0%	15.5%
Other means	1.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Locust Valley	Manhasset Hills
1-unit, detached	88.7%	98.7%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Locust Valley	Manhasset Hills
Poverty rate	4.0%	1.7%
Average household size	2.88	3.26
Mean commute (minutes)	33	33
Median year structure built	1945	1962