Baxter Estates vs Great Neck Gardens

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

Baxter Estates 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.

Baxter Estates has the higher population (1,342 vs 1,245 in Great Neck Gardens). Great Neck Gardens has the higher median home value ($1,140,100 vs $1,104,600 in Baxter Estates). Since 2019, Baxter Estates's population has grown faster (+30.2% vs +8.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Baxter Estates	Great Neck Gardens
Population	1,342	1,245
Median age	42.4 yrs	58.5 yrs
Median household income	$175,125	—
Median home value	$1,104,600	$1,140,100
Median gross rent	$2,167	—
Housing units	514	467
Homeownership rate	79.2%	69.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.4%	67.2%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baxter Estates	Great Neck Gardens
Population	1,031 → 1,342 (+30.2%)	1,150 → 1,245 (+8.3%)
Median household income	$139,167 → $175,125 (+25.8%)	—
Median home value	$871,100 → $1,104,600 (+26.8%)	$954,300 → $1,140,100 (+19.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,665 → $2,167 (+30.2%)	—

Baxter Estates

Population

1,0311,342

Median household income

$139,167$175,125

Median home value

$871,100$1,104,600

Median gross rent

$1,665$2,167

Great Neck Gardens

Population

1,1501,245

Median home value

$954,300$1,140,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baxter Estates	Great Neck Gardens
Under 5	8.3%	0.5%
5 to 17	18.9%	14.8%
18 to 24	7.8%	5.4%
25 to 34	3.1%	8.3%
35 to 44	18.6%	2.2%
45 to 54	16.7%	14.5%
55 to 64	10.6%	10.0%
65 to 74	7.0%	15.4%
75 and over	9.0%	28.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baxter Estates	Great Neck Gardens
White (non-Hispanic)	59.2%	65.0%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.9%	29.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	4.0%
Two or more races	9.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	23.1%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baxter Estates	Great Neck Gardens
No high school diploma	3.9%	13.7%
High school graduate	8.7%	8.2%
Some college or associate's	20.0%	10.9%
Bachelor's degree	26.4%	32.5%
Graduate or professional degree	41.1%	34.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baxter Estates	Great Neck Gardens
Drove alone	35.1%	58.2%
Carpooled	5.2%	8.7%
Public transit	19.4%	15.2%
Walked	5.1%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	7.3%
Worked from home	30.9%	6.6%
Other means	4.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baxter Estates	Great Neck Gardens
1-unit, detached	72.0%	71.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.4%	28.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Baxter Estates	Great Neck Gardens
Poverty rate	0.3%	14.0%
Average household size	2.85	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	41	31
Median year structure built	1952	1952