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SheetNY-NORTH-VALLEY-STREAM-NY · North Valley Stream, NY 17,756 pop · income 93rd pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around North Valley Stream
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest North Valley Stream on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Willimantic · lowest
41,972
Willimantic · lowest
41,972 median HH income
16.8% of the leader · rank #1
Lily Lake · near
145,192
Lily Lake · near
145,192 median HH income
58.1% of the leader · rank #2
North Valley… · this city
145,204
North Valley… · this city
145,204 median HH income
58.1% of the leader · rank #3
Cumberland Ce… · near
145,208
Cumberland Ce… · near
145,208 median HH income
58.1% of the leader · rank #4
Belfry · near
145,234
Belfry · near
145,234 median HH income
58.1% of the leader · rank #5
Lake Tapps · near
145,250
Lake Tapps · near
145,250 median HH income
58.1% of the leader · rank #6
Scarsdale · highest
250,001
Scarsdale · highest
250,001 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for North Valley Stream on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 17,756.
North Valley Stream ranks in the 93rd percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
93rd
percentile, household income
89th
percentile, home value
78th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: North Valley Stream, NY
New York's North Valley Stream is a small town, with 17,756 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. North Valley Stream households earn a median of $145,204 annually, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 1.8%. Typical homes in North Valley Stream are valued around $588,800, and the median resident age is 40.8 years. About 40.4% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 62.2% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
New York carries a cost-of-living premium: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts New York at 107.9 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Above Average). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,579 per month. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts New York's average monthly utility costs around $285 (state average). Workers in North Valley Stream report an average commute of 33.9 minutes, with 64.3% driving alone and 11.9% working from home. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 69.4 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of North Valley Stream's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from housing and income to work and mobility to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For North Valley Stream, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, local building permits, annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
How far does income reach against housing in North Valley Stream?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.1 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 1.8%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
What does the journey to work look like in North Valley Stream?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 64.3%. The reported mean trip to work is 33.9 minutes.
Which cities make useful reference points for North Valley Stream?
Within New York, the closest population matches are Port Washington (17,613 residents, $183,964 income); Wantagh (17,964 residents, $174,773 income); Scarsdale (18,005 residents, $250,000+ income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Clemson, SC (17,759 residents); Logansport, IN (17,766 residents); North Canton, OH (17,746 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Household income A+
$145,204
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate A
1.8%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share B+
40.4%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Cost of living F
107.9 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
North Valley Stream profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 95/100 (A+) · $145,204
Poverty rate: 87/100 (A) · 1.8%
Bachelor's+ share: 75/100 (B+) · 40.4%
Cost of living: 12/100 (F) · 107.9 index
How does North Valley Stream compare to other US cities?
Here's how North Valley Stream stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income93% higher than other cities
Home value89% pricier than other cities
Median rent78% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares North Valley Stream against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to New York only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
New York-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places North Valley Stream near the bottom of New York's cities
Among the 1,256 New York cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, North Valley Stream ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares North Valley Stream only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#190 of 1,205
84th percentile in New York
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,256
0th percentile in New York
Median Home Value
#260 of 1,202
78th percentile in New York
Poverty Rate
#912 of 1,246
26th percentile in New York
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#480 of 1,254
62nd percentile in New York
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within New York only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
93rd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How North Valley Stream's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$588,80011th percentilemore affordable than 11% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
North Valley Stream's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.1×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#10,854 of 15,516
More affordable than 30% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#2,031 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 4.1×, North Valley Stream sits in the moderate band:
national rank #10,854 of 15,516 and #2,031 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$145,204North Valley Stream, NY median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context North Valley Stream, NY median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for North Valley Stream, NY.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)40.4%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)1.8%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)62.2%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
17,756
Median Income
$145,204
Median Home Value
$588,800
Median Age
40.8
Poverty Rate
1.8%
Labor force participation
62.2%
Bachelor's Degree+
40.4%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
33.9 minutes
Drive Alone
64.3%
Carpool
9.4%
Public Transit
10.4%
Walk
1.2%
Work from Home
11.9%
Other
2.8%
Based on 8,989 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
New York statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $285
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across New York at $285 (electricity about $130 , water and sewer about $65 ).
These are New York statewide averages, not a meter reading for North Valley Stream. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
New York's BEA cost-of-living index is 107.9 (Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around North Valley Stream is $1,579/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to New York statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 69.4 / 100 (Moderate).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a New York statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county North Valley Stream sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How North Valley Stream compares to similar-size New York cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.