Locust Valley vs University Gardens

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

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

University Gardens has the higher population (3,986 vs 3,591 in Locust Valley). Locust Valley has the higher median household income ($137,344 vs $94,886 in University Gardens). University Gardens has the higher median home value ($849,600 vs $775,200 in Locust Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Locust Valley	University Gardens
Population	3,591	3,986
Median age	42.6 yrs	47.7 yrs
Median household income	$137,344	$94,886
Median home value	$775,200	$849,600
Median gross rent	$2,274	$1,689
Housing units	1,283	1,640
Homeownership rate	75.1%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.6%	59.4%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Locust Valley	University Gardens
Population	3,481 → 3,591 (+3.2%)	4,182 → 3,986 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$130,521 → $137,344 (+5.2%)	$116,711 → $94,886 (-18.7%)
Median home value	$595,900 → $775,200 (+30.1%)	$787,700 → $849,600 (+7.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,944 → $2,274 (+17.0%)	$1,665 → $1,689 (+1.4%)

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

University Gardens

Population

4,1823,986

Median household income

$116,711$94,886

Median home value

$787,700$849,600

Median gross rent

$1,665$1,689

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Locust Valley	University Gardens
Under 5	6.3%	3.3%
5 to 17	21.2%	12.4%
18 to 24	5.5%	9.4%
25 to 34	7.6%	10.4%
35 to 44	11.0%	10.8%
45 to 54	15.7%	17.0%
55 to 64	13.4%	18.0%
65 to 74	12.1%	8.1%
75 and over	7.2%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Locust Valley	University Gardens
White (non-Hispanic)	84.4%	48.5%
Black or African American	0.6%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	39.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.1%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Locust Valley	University Gardens
No high school diploma	7.2%	9.0%
High school graduate	8.8%	14.1%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	17.4%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	28.8%	29.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Locust Valley	University Gardens
Drove alone	66.1%	48.6%
Carpooled	1.3%	11.7%
Public transit	8.6%	24.6%
Walked	1.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.0%	13.3%
Other means	1.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Locust Valley	University Gardens
1-unit, detached	88.7%	57.3%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.1%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	27.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Locust Valley	University Gardens
Poverty rate	4.0%	7.0%
Average household size	2.88	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	33	46
Median year structure built	1945	1950