Locust Valley vs South Hempstead

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

Locust Valley and South Hempstead 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 3,350 in South Hempstead). South Hempstead has the higher median household income ($175,741 vs $137,344 in Locust Valley). Locust Valley has the higher median home value ($775,200 vs $595,400 in South Hempstead).

Population, income & housing

	Locust Valley	South Hempstead
Population	3,591	3,350
Median age	42.6 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$137,344	$175,741
Median home value	$775,200	$595,400
Median gross rent	$2,274	$2,588
Housing units	1,283	1,166
Homeownership rate	75.1%	96.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.6%	45.3%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Locust Valley	South Hempstead
Population	3,481 → 3,591 (+3.2%)	3,184 → 3,350 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$130,521 → $137,344 (+5.2%)	$121,597 → $175,741 (+44.5%)
Median home value	$595,900 → $775,200 (+30.1%)	$434,500 → $595,400 (+37.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,944 → $2,274 (+17.0%)	$2,522 → $2,588 (+2.6%)

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

South Hempstead

Population

3,1843,350

Median household income

$121,597$175,741

Median home value

$434,500$595,400

Median gross rent

$2,522$2,588

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Locust Valley	South Hempstead
Under 5	6.3%	5.8%
5 to 17	21.2%	13.6%
18 to 24	5.5%	5.8%
25 to 34	7.6%	15.8%
35 to 44	11.0%	9.0%
45 to 54	15.7%	14.7%
55 to 64	13.4%	19.2%
65 to 74	12.1%	9.0%
75 and over	7.2%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Locust Valley	South Hempstead
White (non-Hispanic)	84.4%	57.5%
Black or African American	0.6%	21.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.1%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	19.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Locust Valley	South Hempstead
No high school diploma	7.2%	4.3%
High school graduate	8.8%	25.3%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	26.8%
Graduate or professional degree	28.8%	18.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Locust Valley	South Hempstead
Drove alone	66.1%	62.2%
Carpooled	1.3%	8.1%
Public transit	8.6%	13.0%
Walked	1.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.0%	13.3%
Other means	1.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Locust Valley	South Hempstead
1-unit, detached	88.7%	96.0%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	0.9%
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	South Hempstead
Poverty rate	4.0%	1.3%
Average household size	2.88	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	33	34
Median year structure built	1945	1953