Blauvelt vs New Hempstead

A side-by-side comparison of Blauvelt and New Hempstead: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Blauvelt has the higher population (5,485 vs 5,431 in New Hempstead). Blauvelt has the higher median household income ($172,083 vs $131,293 in New Hempstead). New Hempstead has the higher median home value ($707,300 vs $629,000 in Blauvelt).

Population, income & housing

	Blauvelt	New Hempstead
Population	5,485	5,431
Median age	43.6 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$172,083	$131,293
Median home value	$629,000	$707,300
Median gross rent	$2,283	$2,409
Housing units	1,708	1,577
Homeownership rate	96.1%	96.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.0%	53.4%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blauvelt	New Hempstead
Population	5,152 → 5,485 (+6.5%)	5,385 → 5,431 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$151,221 → $172,083 (+13.8%)	$117,070 → $131,293 (+12.1%)
Median home value	$513,000 → $629,000 (+22.6%)	$514,400 → $707,300 (+37.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,641 → $2,283 (+39.1%)	$2,205 → $2,409 (+9.3%)

Blauvelt

Population

5,1525,485

Median household income

$151,221$172,083

Median home value

$513,000$629,000

Median gross rent

$1,641$2,283

New Hempstead

Population

5,3855,431

Median household income

$117,070$131,293

Median home value

$514,400$707,300

Median gross rent

$2,205$2,409

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blauvelt	New Hempstead
Under 5	3.4%	5.1%
5 to 17	15.7%	20.3%
18 to 24	12.5%	11.5%
25 to 34	11.2%	11.0%
35 to 44	7.8%	14.9%
45 to 54	14.7%	9.9%
55 to 64	14.6%	8.5%
65 to 74	8.7%	8.4%
75 and over	11.3%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blauvelt	New Hempstead
White (non-Hispanic)	75.8%	58.3%
Black or African American	1.2%	9.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.7%	7.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	4.2%
Two or more races	4.7%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	12.6%	18.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blauvelt	New Hempstead
No high school diploma	5.2%	8.7%
High school graduate	18.7%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	17.5%
Bachelor's degree	28.9%	30.2%
Graduate or professional degree	23.1%	23.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blauvelt	New Hempstead
Drove alone	76.4%	73.2%
Carpooled	4.2%	7.6%
Public transit	8.0%	8.6%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	9.3%	7.4%
Other means	1.3%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blauvelt	New Hempstead
1-unit, detached	97.8%	92.5%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blauvelt	New Hempstead
Poverty rate	6.5%	2.7%
Average household size	3.09	3.70
Mean commute (minutes)	45	30
Median year structure built	1962	1966