Farmingdale vs Garden City Park

A side-by-side comparison of Farmingdale and Garden City Park: population, income, housing, and more.

Farmingdale and Garden City Park are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Farmingdale has the higher population (8,450 vs 8,176 in Garden City Park). Garden City Park has the higher median household income ($135,208 vs $134,037 in Farmingdale). Garden City Park has the higher median home value ($796,600 vs $530,100 in Farmingdale).

Population, income & housing

	Farmingdale	Garden City Park
Population	8,450	8,176
Median age	42.8 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$134,037	$135,208
Median home value	$530,100	$796,600
Median gross rent	$2,460	$2,546
Housing units	3,678	2,544
Homeownership rate	69.8%	85.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.9%	54.3%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmingdale	Garden City Park
Population	8,902 → 8,450 (-5.1%)	8,335 → 8,176 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$95,885 → $134,037 (+39.8%)	$108,894 → $135,208 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$402,800 → $530,100 (+31.6%)	$636,700 → $796,600 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,577 → $2,460 (+56.0%)	$2,006 → $2,546 (+26.9%)

Farmingdale

Population

8,9028,450

Median household income

$95,885$134,037

Median home value

$402,800$530,100

Median gross rent

$1,577$2,460

Garden City Park

Population

8,3358,176

Median household income

$108,894$135,208

Median home value

$636,700$796,600

Median gross rent

$2,006$2,546

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farmingdale	Garden City Park
Under 5	6.3%	6.1%
5 to 17	12.5%	17.9%
18 to 24	4.7%	9.9%
25 to 34	16.8%	9.3%
35 to 44	11.5%	15.1%
45 to 54	9.2%	8.3%
55 to 64	18.9%	14.9%
65 to 74	11.2%	9.6%
75 and over	9.0%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmingdale	Garden City Park
White (non-Hispanic)	73.0%	30.4%
Black or African American	4.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	9.7%	44.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.4%
Two or more races	2.2%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	11.1%	17.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmingdale	Garden City Park
No high school diploma	5.6%	6.8%
High school graduate	20.2%	20.8%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	18.1%
Bachelor's degree	30.1%	30.8%
Graduate or professional degree	22.8%	23.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmingdale	Garden City Park
Drove alone	70.7%	67.3%
Carpooled	2.8%	5.4%
Public transit	12.4%	13.4%
Walked	1.7%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.9%	13.3%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmingdale	Garden City Park
1-unit, detached	49.9%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	13.9%	0.6%
20 or more units	23.2%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Farmingdale	Garden City Park
Poverty rate	5.0%	2.4%
Average household size	2.35	3.27
Mean commute (minutes)	32	33
Median year structure built	1961	1955