Garden City South vs Old Westbury

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

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

Old Westbury has the higher population (4,320 vs 4,077 in Garden City South). Old Westbury has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $150,688 in Garden City South). Old Westbury has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $691,800 in Garden City South).

Population, income & housing

	Garden City South	Old Westbury
Population	4,077	4,320
Median age	46.0 yrs	28.7 yrs
Median household income	$150,688	$250,001
Median home value	$691,800	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$2,315	$3,501
Housing units	1,362	1,132
Homeownership rate	90.4%	93.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.4%	75.0%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden City South	Old Westbury
Population	4,250 → 4,077 (-4.1%)	4,670 → 4,320 (-7.5%)
Median household income	$146,346 → $150,688 (+3.0%)	$220,048 → $250,001 (+13.6%)
Median home value	$569,900 → $691,800 (+21.4%)	$1,856,900 → $2,000,001 (+7.7%)
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

Old Westbury

Population

4,6704,320

Median household income

$220,048$250,001

Median home value

$1,856,900$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$3,501$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden City South	Old Westbury
Under 5	4.3%	1.7%
5 to 17	16.0%	11.0%
18 to 24	7.3%	34.1%
25 to 34	10.7%	6.9%
35 to 44	11.0%	5.5%
45 to 54	12.8%	10.9%
55 to 64	19.3%	14.2%
65 to 74	10.0%	8.0%
75 and over	8.7%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden City South	Old Westbury
White (non-Hispanic)	76.0%	67.4%
Black or African American	0.5%	6.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	14.9%	13.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.8%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden City South	Old Westbury
No high school diploma	5.4%	2.1%
High school graduate	22.2%	8.7%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	14.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	36.2%
Graduate or professional degree	27.3%	38.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden City South	Old Westbury
Drove alone	69.9%	52.4%
Carpooled	6.2%	4.9%
Public transit	6.8%	9.8%
Walked	2.5%	9.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.3%
Worked from home	10.8%	21.9%
Other means	3.5%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden City South	Old Westbury
1-unit, detached	89.9%	93.6%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Garden City South	Old Westbury
Poverty rate	4.7%	5.0%
Average household size	3.07	3.07
Mean commute (minutes)	37	33
Median year structure built	1950	1969