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Garden City, NY

22,533 Population
5.3 square miles 4,228.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.5 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 38.5 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$74,777 ±$4,933 Per capita income
  • nearly double the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $41,127 ±$186
  • about double the amount in New York: $37,470 ±$160
$171,750 ±$12,282 Median household income
  • more than double the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $75,086 ±$342
  • more than double the amount in New York: $65,323 ±$270

2.5% ±1.2% (542  ±259) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 13.4% 2,626,628 (±0.1% / ±21,226)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New York: 14.6% 2,797,985 (±0.1% / ±24,302)

37 minutes ±1.7 (370,195  ±23,788) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 36.7 335,484,990 (±0.1 / ±1,076,815)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 33.3 295,138,830 (±0.1 / ±949,771)

Families

7,365 ±211 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 7,196,383 ±12,705
  • New York: 7,316,537 ±13,711
2.9 ±0.1 (21,487  ±172) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 2.7 19,578,894
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 2.6 19,043,605

5% ±1.8% (246  ±89) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 4.7% 228,150 (±0.1% / ±3,624)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 4.6% 221,385 (±0.1% / ±3,372)

Housing

7,626 ±216 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 7,945,874 ±1,445
  • New York: 8,287,087 ±779

$836,100 ±$19,815 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about double the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $426,100 ±$889
  • more than double the amount in New York: $302,200 ±$965

6.1% ±1.5% (1,358  ±329.4) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 9.4% 1,853,806 (±0.1% / ±15,215.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 10.5% 2,042,093 (±0.1% / ±15,185.6)

Social

98.5% ±4.5% (14,133  ±718.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 86.3% 11,962,520 (±0.2% / ±26,480.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 86.5% 11,766,493 (±0.2% / ±24,951.4)
75.3% ±4% (10,799  ±616.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 39.4% 5,462,854 (±0.1% / ±16,954)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 35.9% 4,888,138 (±0.1% / ±16,092.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

8.4% ±1.7% (1,902  ±383) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 28.8% 5,761,610 (±0.1% / ±20,062)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,439,893 (±0.1% / ±16,605)

5.6% ±1.1% (957  ±182) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 3.6% 563,935 (±0% / ±5,263)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 4.7% 730,557 (±0% / ±5,554)
957 Total veterans ±182 957 Male ±182 N/A Female ±22

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