Great Neck, NY

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2022 Population

11,060

0.236% 1-year growth

US Senator

Chuck Schumer

Democratic Party

US Senator

Kirsten Gillibrand

Democratic Party

2022 Median Age

33.4

1.52% 1-year increase

2022 Poverty Rate

8.92%

11.5% 1-year decrease

2022 Median Household Income

$128,457

19.3% 1-year growth

2022 Median Property Value

$953,800

6.8% 1-year growth

About

In 2022, Great Neck, NY had a population of 11.1k people with a median age of 33.4 and a median household income of $128,457. Between 2021 and 2022 the population of Great Neck, NY grew from 11,034 to 11,060, a 0.236% increase and its median household income grew from $107,695 to $128,457, a 19.3% increase.

The 5 largest ethnic groups in Great Neck, NY are White (Non-Hispanic) (71.2%), Asian (Non-Hispanic) (11.4%), Other (Hispanic) (5.55%), White (Hispanic) (5.32%), and Other (Non-Hispanic) (2.47%).

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.

92.3% of the residents in Great Neck, NY are U.S. citizens.

In 2022, the median property value in Great Neck, NY was $953,800, and the homeownership rate was 73.8%.

Most people in Great Neck, NY drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 40.4 minutes. The average car ownership in Great Neck, NY was 2 cars per household.

United States New York Nassau County, NY New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Nassau County (Northwest)--North Hempstead Town (North) PUMA, NY

Economy

The economy of Great Neck, NY employs 4.01k people. The largest industries in Great Neck, NY are Educational Services (712 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (574 people), and Retail Trade (458 people), and the highest paying industries are Finance & Insurance ($173,375), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($155,875), and Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services ($113,036).

Employment

Occupations

4.01k

2022 Value

± 491

1.08%

1 Year growth

± 16.6%

From 2021 to 2022, employment in Great Neck, NY grew at a rate of 1.08%, from 3.97k employees to 4.01k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Great Neck, NY, are Education Instruction, & Library Occupations (669 people), Management Occupations (574 people), and Sales & Related Occupations (470 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Great Neck, NY.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

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This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in New York (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

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

4.01k

2022 Value

± 491

1.08%

1 Year growth

± 16.6%

From 2021 to 2022, employment in Great Neck, NY grew at a rate of 1.08%, from 3.97k employees to 4.01k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Great Neck, NY, are Educational Services (712 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (574 people), and Retail Trade (458 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.

Median Earnings by Industry

$83,825

Median earning men ± $15,666

$36,842

Median earning women ± $16,741

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2022 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($202,813), Manufacturing ($108,819), and Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($103,726).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2022 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($130,703), Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($113,929), and Construction ($51,167).

Employment by Industry Sector

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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%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in New York.

Civics

In the 2020 presidential election, the popular vote in New York went to Joseph R Biden Jr. with 60.4% of the vote. The runner-up was Donald J. Trump (37.5%), followed by Other (0.813%).

Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand are the senators currently representing the state of New York. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

New York is currently represented by 26 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Presidential Popular Vote Over Time

Voting results are not available for Great Neck, NY. Showing the available data for New York.

2020 Election Results

Joseph R Biden Jr. (60.4%)
Democratic Party
Donald J. Trump (37.5%)
Republican Party
Other (0.813%)
Alliance, American Solidarity, Becoming One Nation, Constitution, Independent, Other, Party For Socialism And Liberation, Prohibition, and The Birthday Party

In the 2020 presidential election, the popular vote in New York went to Joseph R Biden Jr. with 60.4% of the vote. The runner-up was Donald J. Trump (37.5%), followed by Other (0.813%).

The following chart shows the popular vote results in New York for each registered party from 1976 to 2020.

Senator Elections

US Senators from New York

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Chuck Schumer

Senator from New York

Assumed office on January 3, 1999

Kirsten Gillibrand

Senator from New York

Assumed office on January 26, 2009
Appointed to the seat following the resignation of Hillary Clinton, who had become Secretary of State.

Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand are the senators currently representing New York.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in New York over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

US Representative Elections

US Representatives from New York

New York is currently represented by 26 members in the U.S. house.

Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the members for New York have changed over time starting in 2008.

Education

Completions

Awarded Degrees over Time

The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.

Working Population

Educational Pyramid

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Measure

In 2022, 1.7% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while 1.75% of women were in the same situation.

This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.

Educational Attainment

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Race

The most common educational levels obtained by the working population in 2022 were High School or Equivalent (4.04M), Bachelors Degree (3.33M), and Some college (2.79M).

This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.

Housing & Living

The median property value in Great Neck, NY was $953,800 in 2022, which is 3.38 times larger than the national average of $281,900. Between 2021 and 2022 the median property value increased from $893,100 to $953,800, a 6.8% increase. The homeownership rate in Great Neck, NY is 73.8%, which is approximately the same as the national average of 64.8%.

People in Great Neck, NY have an average commute time of 40.4 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.

Property

$953,800

Median Property Value 2022

±$57,267

$2,437

Median Property Taxes

±$338

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.

Rent vs Own

73.8%

Homeownership

2022

63.7%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2022

In 2022, 73.8% of the housing units in Great Neck, NY were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 71.6%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Great Neck, NY compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Income by Location

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Race/Ethnicity

Highest Median Household Income (Total)

Census Tract 3004
Census Tract 3003

The following map shows all of the places in Great Neck, NY colored by their Median Household Income (Total).

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$128,457

Median Household Income

± $12,090

3.3k

Number of Households

± 426

In 2022, the median household income of the 3.3k households in Great Neck, NY grew to $128,457 from the previous year's value of $107,695.

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.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Great Neck, NY is from New York.

0.494

2022 Wage GINI in New York

0.493

2021 Wage GINI in New York

In 2022, the income inequality in New York was 0.494 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.125% growth from 2021 to 2022, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat less even. The GINI for New York was higher than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in New York in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in New York across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2022

Drove Alone (53%)
Public Transit (27.8%)
Worked At Home (10.9%)

In 2022, 53% of workers in Great Neck, NY drove alone to work, followed by those who used public transit to get to work (27.8%) and those who worked at home (10.9%).

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.

Commute Time

40.4 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Great Neck, NY have a longer commute time (40.4 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.7 minutes). Additionally, 8.57% of the workforce in Great Neck, NY have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Great Neck, NY compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

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.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

8.92% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Great Neck, NY (986 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 Males 6 - 11.

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

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.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals
Florida
4,915 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798. New York has the second highest (5,087), followed by Florida (4,915).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

Health

97.3% of the population of Great Neck, NY has health coverage, with 39.8% on employee plans, 21.9% on Medicaid, 12.7% on Medicare, 22.7% on non-group plans, and 0.298% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in Nassau County, NY see 694 patients per year on average, which represents a 0.287% decrease from the previous year (696 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 838 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 290 patients per year.

Coverage

Patient to Clinician Ratios

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694 to 1

Patient to Primary Care Physician Ratio in Nassau County, NY

Primary care physicians in Nassau County, NY see an average of 694 patients per year. This represents a 0.287% decrease from the previous year (696 patients).

The following chart shows how the number of patients seen by primary care physicians has been changing over time in Nassau County, NY in comparison to its neighboring geographies.

Health Care Diversity

In 2022, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 36.1% under 18 years, 15.1% between 18 and 34 years, 30.8% between 35 and 64 years, and 18% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 50.6% were men and 49.4% were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

Uninsured People

2.67%

Uninsured

39.8%

Employer Coverage

21.9%

Medicaid

12.7%

Medicare

22.7%

Non-Group

0.298%

Military or VA

Between 2021 and 2022, the percent of uninsured citizens in Great Neck, NY declined by 1.57% from 2.71% to 2.67%.

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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