Monsey vs Spring Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Monsey and Spring Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Spring Valley has the higher population (32,995 vs 27,787 in Monsey). Spring Valley has the higher median household income ($56,151 vs $49,095 in Monsey). Monsey has the higher median home value ($829,700 vs $351,500 in Spring Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Monsey	Spring Valley
Population	27,787	32,995
Median age	15.6 yrs	27.1 yrs
Median household income	$49,095	$56,151
Median home value	$829,700	$351,500
Median gross rent	$1,780	$1,673
Housing units	5,487	9,612
Homeownership rate	35.0%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monsey	Spring Valley
Population	23,055 → 27,787 (+20.5%)	32,295 → 32,995 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$45,399 → $49,095 (+8.1%)	$45,428 → $56,151 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$676,400 → $829,700 (+22.7%)	$295,500 → $351,500 (+19.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,506 → $1,780 (+18.2%)	$1,343 → $1,673 (+24.6%)

Monsey

Population

23,05527,787

Median household income

$45,399$49,095

Median home value

$676,400$829,700

Median gross rent

$1,506$1,780

Spring Valley

Population

32,29532,995

Median household income

$45,428$56,151

Median home value

$295,500$351,500

Median gross rent

$1,343$1,673

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Monsey	Spring Valley
Under 5	18.6%	13.3%
5 to 17	37.0%	23.2%
18 to 24	10.7%	9.1%
25 to 34	10.3%	15.6%
35 to 44	10.7%	13.1%
45 to 54	3.6%	9.1%
55 to 64	3.2%	7.2%
65 to 74	3.8%	7.1%
75 and over	2.2%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monsey	Spring Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	35.5%
Black or African American	1.5%	28.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	31.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monsey	Spring Valley
No high school diploma	20.6%	25.7%
High school graduate	36.7%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monsey	Spring Valley
Drove alone	45.5%	54.0%
Carpooled	18.1%	16.0%
Public transit	6.9%	12.6%
Walked	10.7%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.3%	5.7%
Other means	5.4%	9.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monsey	Spring Valley
1-unit, detached	23.5%	13.5%
1-unit, attached	9.7%	9.0%
2 to 4 units	34.1%	17.0%
5 to 19 units	30.7%	31.1%
20 or more units	2.0%	29.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Monsey	Spring Valley
Poverty rate	46.5%	31.2%
Average household size	5.38	3.63
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	2001	1971