Great Neck, NY

Census Place

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2024 Population
11,087
US Senator
Chuck Schumer
Democratic Party
US Senator
Kirsten Gillibrand
Democratic Party
2024 Median Age
38.6
12.2% 1-year increase
2024 Poverty Rate
6.58%
8.34% 1-year decrease
2024 Median Household Income
$137,981
0.646% 1-year growth
2024 Median Property Value
$968,500
1.58% 1-year growth
2024 Employed Population
4,107
1.76% 1-year growth

About

None of the households in Great Neck, 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.

94.9% of the residents in Great Neck, NY are U.S. citizens.

In 2024, the median property value in Great Neck, NY was $968,500, and the homeownership rate was 70.6%.

Most people in Great Neck, NY drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 38.8 minutes. The average car ownership in Great Neck, NY was 2 cars per household.

United StatesNew YorkNassau County, NYNew York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PANassau County (Northwest)--North Hempstead Town (North) PUMA, NY

Population & Diversity

Great Neck, NY is home to a population of 11.1k people, from which 94.9% are citizens. As of 2024, 30.7% of Great Neck, NY residents were born outside of the country (3.41k people).

In 2024, there were 5.17 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (7.66k people) in Great Neck, NY than any other race or ethnicity. There were 1.48k Asian (Non-Hispanic) and 474 White (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

94.9%
2024 Citizenship
94.2%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 94.9% of Great Neck, NY residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Great Neck, NY was 94.2%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been increasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Great Neck, NY
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    7.66k ± 721
  2. Asian (Non-Hispanic)
    1.48k ± 575
  3. White (Hispanic)
    474 ± 516
10.2%
Hispanic Population
1.14k people

In 2024, there were 5.17 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (7.66k people) in Great Neck, NY than any other race or ethnicity. There were 1.48k Asian (Non-Hispanic) and 474 White (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

10.2% of the people in Great Neck, NY are hispanic (1.14k people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Great Neck, NY as a share of the total population.

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Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the Place level, so we are showing data for New York.
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

30.7%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
3.41k people
31.1%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
3.44k people

As of 2024, 30.7% of Great Neck, NY residents (3.41k 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 Great Neck, NY was 31.1%, meaning that the rate has been decreasing.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Gulf War (1990s)
    121 ± 158
  2. Vietnam
    37 ± 66
  3. World War II
    32 ± 52

Great Neck, NY has a large population of military personnel who served in Gulf War (1990s), 3.27 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Great Neck, NY employs 4.11k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Great Neck, NY were Health Care & Social Assistance (675 people), Educational Services (607 people), and Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (533 people), and the highest paying industries were Finance & Insurance ($168,036), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($124,792), and Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($123,214).

Employment

Occupations

4.11k
2024 Value
± 567
1.76%
1 Year growth
± 18.6%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Great Neck, NY grew at a rate of 1.76%, from 4.04k employees to 4.11k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Great Neck, NY, are Education Instruction, & Library Occupations (648 people), Management Occupations (514 people), and Sales & Related Occupations (448 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Great Neck, 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

4.11k
2024 Value
± 567
1.76%
1 Year growth
± 18.6%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Great Neck, NY grew at a rate of 1.76%, from 4.04k employees to 4.11k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Great Neck, NY, are Health Care & Social Assistance (675 people), Educational Services (607 people), and Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (533 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Great Neck, NY, though some of these residents may live in Great Neck, 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

$80,053
Median earning men ± $15,837
$38,164
Median earning women ± $10,177

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($159,000), Manufacturing ($138,429), and Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($124,329).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($168,571), Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($105,694), and Wholesale Trade ($42,750).

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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 Great Neck, NY was $968,500 in 2024, which is 2.91 times larger than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $953,400 to $968,500, a 1.58% increase. The homeownership rate in Great Neck, NY is 70.6%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Great Neck, NY have an average commute time of 38.8 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Great Neck, NY is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$968,500
Median Property Value 2024
±$61,817
$2,432
Median Property Taxes
±$381

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 Great Neck, NY the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

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

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Rent vs Own

70.6%
Homeownership
2024
66.1%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 70.6% of the housing units in Great Neck, NY were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 70.8%.

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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.
$137,981
Median Household Income
± $19,396
3.44k
Number of Households
± 495

In 2024, the median household income of the 3.44k households in Great Neck, NY grew to $137,981 from the previous year's value of $137,095.

The following chart displays the households in Great Neck, 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 Great Neck, 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 (44.7%)
  2. Public Transit (27%)
  3. Worked At Home (14.2%)

In 2024, 44.7% of workers in Great Neck, NY drove alone to work, followed by those who used public transit to get to work (27%) and those who worked at home (14.2%).

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

38.8 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Great Neck, NY have a longer commute time (38.8 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 8.46% of the workforce in Great Neck, 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 Great Neck, NY distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Great Neck, NY have 2 cars.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

6.58% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Great Neck, NY (729 out of 11.1k 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 Males < 5, followed by Females 25 - 34 and then Females < 5.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Great Neck, NY is White, followed by Hispanic and Other.

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

97.5% of the population of Great Neck, NY has health coverage, with 38.4% on employee plans, 21.8% on Medicaid, 15.6% on Medicare, 21.3% on non-group plans, and 0.46% 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, 51% were men and 49% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 31.3% under 18 years, 14.7% between 18 and 34 years, 32.9% between 35 and 64 years, and 21.1% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 51% were men and 49% were women.

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Uninsured People

2.47%
Uninsured
38.4%
Employer Coverage
21.8%
Medicaid
15.6%
Medicare
21.3%
Non-Group
0.46%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Great Neck, NY declined by 0.895% from 2.49% to 2.47%.

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Great Neck, NY changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.

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