Valley Stream is a medium-sized village located in the state of New York. With a population of 40,007 people and nine associated neighborhoods, Valley Stream is the 25th largest community in New York. Valley Stream home prices are not only among the most expensive in New York, but Valley Stream real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.Unlike some villages where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Valley Stream is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Valley Stream is a village of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Valley Stream who work in office and administrative support (13.49%), healthcare (10.14%), and management occupations (8.85%). Also of interest is that Valley Stream has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Valley Stream telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 11.18% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Because of many things, Valley Stream is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Valley Stream really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Valley Stream perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live. In Valley Stream, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 37.87 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit. In addition, the village is also quite pedestrian-friendly, because many neighborhoods are very dense and have amenities close enough together that people find it feasible to get around on foot. For the size of the village, public transportation in Valley Stream is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the train. For Valley Stream, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.The citizens of Valley Stream are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 38.20% of adults in Valley Stream have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Valley Stream in 2022 was $48,003, which is upper middle income relative to New York, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $192,012 for a family of four. Valley Stream is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Valley Stream home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Valley Stream, accounting for 25.02% of the village鈥檚 residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Valley Stream residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Valley Stream include Italian, Irish, Haitian, Jamaican, and Guyanese. Valley Stream also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 38.27%. The most common language spoken in Valley Stream is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.