Locust Valley vs Muttontown

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

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

Locust Valley has the higher population (3,591 vs 3,496 in Muttontown). Muttontown has the higher median household income ($247,589 vs $137,344 in Locust Valley). Muttontown has the higher median home value ($1,876,900 vs $775,200 in Locust Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Locust Valley	Muttontown
Population	3,591	3,496
Median age	42.6 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$137,344	$247,589
Median home value	$775,200	$1,876,900
Median gross rent	$2,274	—
Housing units	1,283	1,179
Homeownership rate	75.1%	95.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.6%	75.3%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Locust Valley	Muttontown
Population	3,481 → 3,591 (+3.2%)	3,669 → 3,496 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$130,521 → $137,344 (+5.2%)	$212,950 → $247,589 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$595,900 → $775,200 (+30.1%)	$1,583,700 → $1,876,900 (+18.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,944 → $2,274 (+17.0%)	—

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

Muttontown

Population

3,6693,496

Median household income

$212,950$247,589

Median home value

$1,583,700$1,876,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Locust Valley	Muttontown
Under 5	6.3%	5.8%
5 to 17	21.2%	21.3%
18 to 24	5.5%	5.4%
25 to 34	7.6%	7.6%
35 to 44	11.0%	10.1%
45 to 54	15.7%	12.0%
55 to 64	13.4%	19.2%
65 to 74	12.1%	11.8%
75 and over	7.2%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Locust Valley	Muttontown
White (non-Hispanic)	84.4%	53.4%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	36.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Locust Valley	Muttontown
No high school diploma	7.2%	6.1%
High school graduate	8.8%	3.8%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	14.8%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	33.9%
Graduate or professional degree	28.8%	41.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Locust Valley	Muttontown
Drove alone	66.1%	54.8%
Carpooled	1.3%	15.6%
Public transit	8.6%	8.0%
Walked	1.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.0%	19.5%
Other means	1.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Locust Valley	Muttontown
1-unit, detached	88.7%	99.3%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Locust Valley	Muttontown
Poverty rate	4.0%	2.9%
Average household size	2.88	3.16
Mean commute (minutes)	33	33
Median year structure built	1945	1977