Atlantic Beach vs Great Neck Gardens

A side-by-side comparison of Atlantic Beach and Great Neck Gardens: population, income, housing, and more.

Atlantic Beach and Great Neck Gardens are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Atlantic Beach has the higher population (1,327 vs 1,245 in Great Neck Gardens). Great Neck Gardens has the higher median home value ($1,140,100 vs $969,400 in Atlantic Beach). Since 2019, Great Neck Gardens's population has grown faster (+8.3% vs +0.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Atlantic Beach	Great Neck Gardens
Population	1,327	1,245
Median age	53.9 yrs	58.5 yrs
Median household income	$161,344	—
Median home value	$969,400	$1,140,100
Median gross rent	$3,125	—
Housing units	963	467
Homeownership rate	87.9%	69.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.9%	67.2%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atlantic Beach	Great Neck Gardens
Population	1,317 → 1,327 (+0.8%)	1,150 → 1,245 (+8.3%)
Median household income	$131,250 → $161,344 (+22.9%)	—
Median home value	$783,700 → $969,400 (+23.7%)	$954,300 → $1,140,100 (+19.5%)
Median gross rent	$2,517 → $3,125 (+24.2%)	—

Atlantic Beach

Population

1,3171,327

Median household income

$131,250$161,344

Median home value

$783,700$969,400

Median gross rent

$2,517$3,125

Great Neck Gardens

Population

1,1501,245

Median home value

$954,300$1,140,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atlantic Beach	Great Neck Gardens
Under 5	2.0%	0.5%
5 to 17	16.4%	14.8%
18 to 24	3.9%	5.4%
25 to 34	9.3%	8.3%
35 to 44	11.2%	2.2%
45 to 54	8.8%	14.5%
55 to 64	15.9%	10.0%
65 to 74	18.4%	15.4%
75 and over	14.1%	28.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atlantic Beach	Great Neck Gardens
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	65.0%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	29.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.2%	4.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atlantic Beach	Great Neck Gardens
No high school diploma	2.5%	13.7%
High school graduate	14.7%	8.2%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	10.9%
Bachelor's degree	33.9%	32.5%
Graduate or professional degree	26.0%	34.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atlantic Beach	Great Neck Gardens
Drove alone	54.6%	58.2%
Carpooled	4.1%	8.7%
Public transit	13.0%	15.2%
Walked	4.3%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	7.3%
Worked from home	22.9%	6.6%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atlantic Beach	Great Neck Gardens
1-unit, detached	87.1%	71.9%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	28.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Atlantic Beach	Great Neck Gardens
Poverty rate	1.4%	14.0%
Average household size	2.46	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	45	31
Median year structure built	1958	1952