Garden City Park vs Williston Park

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

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

Garden City Park has the higher population (8,176 vs 7,508 in Williston Park). Williston Park has the higher median household income ($152,656 vs $135,208 in Garden City Park). Garden City Park has the higher median home value ($796,600 vs $731,700 in Williston Park).

Population, income & housing

	Garden City Park	Williston Park
Population	8,176	7,508
Median age	40.1 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$135,208	$152,656
Median home value	$796,600	$731,700
Median gross rent	$2,546	$2,146
Housing units	2,544	2,550
Homeownership rate	85.0%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.3%	51.5%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden City Park	Williston Park
Population	8,335 → 8,176 (-1.9%)	7,277 → 7,508 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$108,894 → $135,208 (+24.2%)	$112,114 → $152,656 (+36.2%)
Median home value	$636,700 → $796,600 (+25.1%)	$565,200 → $731,700 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$2,006 → $2,546 (+26.9%)	$1,880 → $2,146 (+14.1%)

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

Williston Park

Population

7,2777,508

Median household income

$112,114$152,656

Median home value

$565,200$731,700

Median gross rent

$1,880$2,146

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden City Park	Williston Park
Under 5	6.1%	5.9%
5 to 17	17.9%	18.6%
18 to 24	9.9%	7.9%
25 to 34	9.3%	9.2%
35 to 44	15.1%	14.9%
45 to 54	8.3%	10.9%
55 to 64	14.9%	16.6%
65 to 74	9.6%	7.8%
75 and over	8.9%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden City Park	Williston Park
White (non-Hispanic)	30.4%	64.3%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	44.8%	17.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.8%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	17.0%	15.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden City Park	Williston Park
No high school diploma	6.8%	6.1%
High school graduate	20.8%	16.0%
Some college or associate's	18.1%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	30.8%	27.4%
Graduate or professional degree	23.4%	24.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden City Park	Williston Park
Drove alone	67.3%	63.2%
Carpooled	5.4%	9.6%
Public transit	13.4%	15.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.3%	8.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden City Park	Williston Park
1-unit, detached	85.5%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.7%
20 or more units	3.7%	13.3%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Garden City Park	Williston Park
Poverty rate	2.4%	3.5%
Average household size	3.27	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	33	38
Median year structure built	1955	1938