Garden City South vs Herricks

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

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

Both have a population of 4,077. Garden City South has the higher median household income ($150,688 vs $145,000 in Herricks). Herricks has the higher median home value ($787,700 vs $691,800 in Garden City South).

Population, income & housing

	Garden City South	Herricks
Population	4,077	4,077
Median age	46.0 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$150,688	$145,000
Median home value	$691,800	$787,700
Median gross rent	$2,315	$3,501
Housing units	1,362	1,298
Homeownership rate	90.4%	96.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.4%	58.9%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden City South	Herricks
Population	4,250 → 4,077 (-4.1%)	4,122 → 4,077 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$146,346 → $150,688 (+3.0%)	$133,472 → $145,000 (+8.6%)
Median home value	$569,900 → $691,800 (+21.4%)	$653,500 → $787,700 (+20.5%)
Median gross rent	$3,501 → $2,315 (-33.9%)	$3,501 → $3,501 (+0.0%)

Garden City South

Population

4,2504,077

Median household income

$146,346$150,688

Median home value

$569,900$691,800

Median gross rent

$3,501$2,315

Herricks

Population

4,1224,077

Median household income

$133,472$145,000

Median home value

$653,500$787,700

Median gross rent

$3,501$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden City South	Herricks
Under 5	4.3%	2.6%
5 to 17	16.0%	18.3%
18 to 24	7.3%	6.5%
25 to 34	10.7%	10.9%
35 to 44	11.0%	9.1%
45 to 54	12.8%	13.6%
55 to 64	19.3%	16.5%
65 to 74	10.0%	13.1%
75 and over	8.7%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden City South	Herricks
White (non-Hispanic)	76.0%	32.3%
Black or African American	0.5%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	14.9%	53.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	2.5%
Two or more races	0.8%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden City South	Herricks
No high school diploma	5.4%	5.2%
High school graduate	22.2%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	14.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	31.7%
Graduate or professional degree	27.3%	27.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden City South	Herricks
Drove alone	69.9%	63.3%
Carpooled	6.2%	10.1%
Public transit	6.8%	6.3%
Walked	2.5%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	15.8%
Other means	3.5%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden City South	Herricks
1-unit, detached	89.9%	98.1%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Garden City South	Herricks
Poverty rate	4.7%	6.9%
Average household size	3.07	3.16
Mean commute (minutes)	37	41
Median year structure built	1950	1953