Garden City vs Merrick

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

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

Garden City has the higher population (22,866 vs 21,816 in Merrick). Garden City has the higher median household income ($228,807 vs $179,415 in Merrick). Garden City has the higher median home value ($1,063,300 vs $715,700 in Merrick).

Population, income & housing

	Garden City	Merrick
Population	22,866	21,816
Median age	41.6 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$228,807	$179,415
Median home value	$1,063,300	$715,700
Median gross rent	$3,478	$2,756
Housing units	8,085	7,331
Homeownership rate	92.3%	95.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.2%	61.6%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden City	Merrick
Population	22,499 → 22,866 (+1.6%)	20,130 → 21,816 (+8.4%)
Median household income	$174,886 → $228,807 (+30.8%)	$158,306 → $179,415 (+13.3%)
Median home value	$860,000 → $1,063,300 (+23.6%)	$573,200 → $715,700 (+24.9%)
Median gross rent	$3,342 → $3,478 (+4.1%)	$2,208 → $2,756 (+24.8%)

Garden City

Population

22,49922,866

Median household income

$174,886$228,807

Median home value

$860,000$1,063,300

Median gross rent

$3,342$3,478

Merrick

Population

20,13021,816

Median household income

$158,306$179,415

Median home value

$573,200$715,700

Median gross rent

$2,208$2,756

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden City	Merrick
Under 5	3.8%	6.6%
5 to 17	21.8%	17.3%
18 to 24	11.4%	6.7%
25 to 34	4.7%	7.9%
35 to 44	14.6%	16.1%
45 to 54	12.9%	11.2%
55 to 64	13.8%	16.3%
65 to 74	9.2%	11.5%
75 and over	7.8%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden City	Merrick
White (non-Hispanic)	84.2%	81.2%
Black or African American	1.2%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.6%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	10.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden City	Merrick
No high school diploma	4.1%	5.2%
High school graduate	9.0%	15.9%
Some college or associate's	11.7%	17.3%
Bachelor's degree	37.4%	34.2%
Graduate or professional degree	37.8%	27.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden City	Merrick
Drove alone	51.7%	56.4%
Carpooled	5.5%	5.1%
Public transit	14.9%	15.0%
Walked	2.8%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.2%	21.5%
Other means	0.7%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden City	Merrick
1-unit, detached	81.5%	95.7%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	1.7%
20 or more units	12.3%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Garden City	Merrick
Poverty rate	2.8%	2.6%
Average household size	2.85	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	34	38
Median year structure built	1950	1956