Shrub Oak vs Valhalla

A side-by-side comparison of Shrub Oak and Valhalla: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Valhalla has the higher population (2,978 vs 2,770 in Shrub Oak). Shrub Oak has the higher median household income ($170,225 vs $125,135 in Valhalla). Valhalla has the higher median home value ($696,200 vs $498,800 in Shrub Oak).

Population, income & housing

	Shrub Oak	Valhalla
Population	2,770	2,978
Median age	36.8 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$170,225	$125,135
Median home value	$498,800	$696,200
Median gross rent	$1,298	$2,534
Housing units	1,083	1,172
Homeownership rate	63.1%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.0%	44.6%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shrub Oak	Valhalla
Population	2,861 → 2,770 (-3.2%)	3,536 → 2,978 (-15.8%)
Median household income	$112,083 → $170,225 (+51.9%)	$110,385 → $125,135 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$347,800 → $498,800 (+43.4%)	$566,000 → $696,200 (+23.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,799 → $1,298 (-27.8%)	$2,244 → $2,534 (+12.9%)

Shrub Oak

Population

2,8612,770

Median household income

$112,083$170,225

Median home value

$347,800$498,800

Median gross rent

$1,799$1,298

Valhalla

Population

3,5362,978

Median household income

$110,385$125,135

Median home value

$566,000$696,200

Median gross rent

$2,244$2,534

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shrub Oak	Valhalla
Under 5	6.5%	5.2%
5 to 17	13.5%	13.6%
18 to 24	12.9%	8.0%
25 to 34	8.6%	13.6%
35 to 44	16.4%	11.4%
45 to 54	8.0%	6.7%
55 to 64	17.7%	19.1%
65 to 74	9.0%	10.8%
75 and over	7.4%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shrub Oak	Valhalla
White (non-Hispanic)	74.9%	71.9%
Black or African American	2.1%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.1%	5.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	12.9%	19.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shrub Oak	Valhalla
No high school diploma	12.5%	9.3%
High school graduate	18.3%	17.0%
Some college or associate's	16.1%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	33.7%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	19.3%	16.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shrub Oak	Valhalla
Drove alone	77.7%	60.1%
Carpooled	7.2%	4.7%
Public transit	1.9%	4.3%
Walked	0.9%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	21.4%
Other means	0.0%	7.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shrub Oak	Valhalla
1-unit, detached	52.4%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	16.1%
5 to 19 units	15.1%	2.6%
20 or more units	22.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Shrub Oak	Valhalla
Poverty rate	0.7%	7.1%
Average household size	2.71	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	33	23
Median year structure built	1966	1956