Garden City Park, NY

Census Place

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2024 Population
7,914
US Senator
Chuck Schumer
Democratic Party
US Senator
Kirsten Gillibrand
Democratic Party
2024 Median Age
39.8
0.748% 1-year decrease
2024 Poverty Rate
1.35%
43.1% 1-year decrease
2024 Median Household Income
$149,800
10.8% 1-year growth
2024 Median Property Value
$834,500
4.76% 1-year growth
2024 Employed Population
3,665
0.191% 1-year decline

About

None of the households in Garden City Park, NY reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

93.6% of the residents in Garden City Park, NY are U.S. citizens.

In 2024, the median property value in Garden City Park, NY was $834,500, and the homeownership rate was 84.9%.

Most people in Garden City Park, NY drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 34.4 minutes. The average car ownership in Garden City Park, NY was 2 cars per household.

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Population & Diversity

Garden City Park, NY is home to a population of 7.91k people, from which 93.6% are citizens. As of 2024, 33.4% of Garden City Park, NY residents were born outside of the country (2.65k people).

In 2024, there were 1.69 times more Asian (Non-Hispanic) residents (3.93k people) in Garden City Park, NY than any other race or ethnicity. There were 2.33k White (Non-Hispanic) and 306 Other (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

93.6%
2024 Citizenship
93.1%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 93.6% of Garden City Park, NY residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Garden City Park, NY was 93.1%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been increasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Garden City Park, NY
  1. Asian (Non-Hispanic)
    3.93k ± 779
  2. White (Non-Hispanic)
    2.33k ± 413
  3. Other (Non-Hispanic)
    306 ± 254
11.6%
Hispanic Population
919 people

In 2024, there were 1.69 times more Asian (Non-Hispanic) residents (3.93k people) in Garden City Park, NY than any other race or ethnicity. There were 2.33k White (Non-Hispanic) and 306 Other (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

11.6% of the people in Garden City Park, NY are hispanic (919 people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Garden City Park, NY as a share of the total population.

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Global Diversity

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Most Common Origin
  1. Dominican Republic
    493,200 ± 17,027 people
  2. China
    410,969 ± 15,575 people
  3. Jamaica
    234,174 ± 11,811 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of New York was Dominican Republic, the natal country of 493,200 New York residents, followed by China with 410,969 and Jamaica with 234,174.

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Foreign-Born Population

33.4%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
2.65k people
32.6%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
2.67k people

As of 2024, 33.4% of Garden City Park, NY residents (2.65k people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Garden City Park, NY was 32.6%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Vietnam
    131 ± 78
  2. Gulf War (1990s)
    22 ± 33

Garden City Park, NY has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 5.95 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Garden City Park, NY employs 3.67k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Garden City Park, NY were Health Care & Social Assistance (971 people), Retail Trade (396 people), and Finance & Insurance (388 people), and the highest paying industries were Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($123,000), Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services ($121,615), and Public Administration ($117,031).

Employment

Occupations

3.67k
2024 Value
± 471
−0.191%
1 Year decline
± 18.5%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Garden City Park, NY declined at a rate of −0.191%, from 3.67k employees to 3.67k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Garden City Park, NY, are Management Occupations (538 people), Health Diagnosing & Treating Practitioners & Other Technical Occupations (460 people), and Office & Administrative Support Occupations (429 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Garden City Park, NY.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for New York.

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The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

3.67k
2024 Value
± 471
−0.191%
1 Year decline
± 18.5%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Garden City Park, NY declined at a rate of −0.191%, from 3.67k employees to 3.67k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Garden City Park, NY, are Health Care & Social Assistance (971 people), Retail Trade (396 people), and Finance & Insurance (388 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Garden City Park, NY, though some of these residents may live in Garden City Park, NY and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$66,424
Median earning men ± $28,239
$64,615
Median earning women ± $15,682

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Public Administration ($133,611), Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($120,568), and Manufacturing ($115,688).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($101,786), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($97,500), and Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($73,398).

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Employment by Industry Sector

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for New York.
Y-Axis
2.74%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 9.56M people employed in New York. This represents a 2.74% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 19.7%.

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Garden City Park, NY was $834,500 in 2024, which is 2.51 times larger than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $796,600 to $834,500, a 4.76% increase. The homeownership rate in Garden City Park, NY is 84.9%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Garden City Park, NY have an average commute time of 34.4 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Garden City Park, NY is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$834,500
Median Property Value 2024
±$26,389
$2,102
Median Property Taxes
±$256

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Garden City Park, NY the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Garden City Park, NY compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

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Rent vs Own

84.9%
Homeownership
2024
64.1%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 84.9% of the housing units in Garden City Park, NY were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 85%.

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Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$149,800
Median Household Income
± $17,695
2.48k
Number of Households
± 355

In 2024, the median household income of the 2.48k households in Garden City Park, NY grew to $149,800 from the previous year's value of $135,208.

The following chart displays the households in Garden City Park, NY distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $200k+ range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Garden City Park, NY is from New York.
0.493
2023 Wage GINI in New York
0.494
2022 Wage GINI in New York

In 2023, the income inequality in New York was 0.493 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.0797% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for New York was higher than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in New York in comparison to the national average.

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Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Drove Alone (62.5%)
  2. Worked At Home (15.3%)
  3. Public Transit (14.9%)

In 2024, 62.5% of workers in Garden City Park, NY drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (15.3%) and those who used public transit to get to work (14.9%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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Commute Time

34.4 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Garden City Park, NY have a longer commute time (34.4 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 7.53% of the workforce in Garden City Park, NY have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Garden City Park, NY distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Garden City Park, NY have 2 cars.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

1.35% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Garden City Park, NY (105 out of 7.75k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 45 - 54, followed by Males 55 - 64 and then Males 65 - 74.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Garden City Park, NY is White, followed by Asian and Black.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Health

94.4% of the population of Garden City Park, NY has health coverage, with 55.5% on employee plans, 7.53% on Medicaid, 14.9% on Medicare, 15.4% on non-group plans, and 1.07% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in New York see 1,245 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,245 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1205 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 265 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 50% were men and 50% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 25.4% under 18 years, 17% between 18 and 34 years, 37.9% between 35 and 64 years, and 19.6% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 50% were men and 50% were women.

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Uninsured People

5.6%
Uninsured
55.5%
Employer Coverage
7.53%
Medicaid
14.9%
Medicare
15.4%
Non-Group
1.07%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Garden City Park, NY grew by 11.5% from 5.02% to 5.6%.

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