Garden City vs Mineola

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

Garden City and Mineola 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 21,082 in Mineola). Garden City has the higher median household income ($228,807 vs $138,385 in Mineola). Garden City has the higher median home value ($1,063,300 vs $624,300 in Mineola).

Population, income & housing

	Garden City	Mineola
Population	22,866	21,082
Median age	41.6 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$228,807	$138,385
Median home value	$1,063,300	$624,300
Median gross rent	$3,478	$2,269
Housing units	8,085	9,004
Homeownership rate	92.3%	65.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.2%	55.0%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden City	Mineola
Population	22,499 → 22,866 (+1.6%)	19,186 → 21,082 (+9.9%)
Median household income	$174,886 → $228,807 (+30.8%)	$100,891 → $138,385 (+37.2%)
Median home value	$860,000 → $1,063,300 (+23.6%)	$512,800 → $624,300 (+21.7%)
Median gross rent	$3,342 → $3,478 (+4.1%)	$1,759 → $2,269 (+29.0%)

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

Mineola

Population

19,18621,082

Median household income

$100,891$138,385

Median home value

$512,800$624,300

Median gross rent

$1,759$2,269

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden City	Mineola
Under 5	3.8%	4.9%
5 to 17	21.8%	13.9%
18 to 24	11.4%	4.0%
25 to 34	4.7%	17.7%
35 to 44	14.6%	15.2%
45 to 54	12.9%	11.8%
55 to 64	13.8%	16.4%
65 to 74	9.2%	8.8%
75 and over	7.8%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden City	Mineola
White (non-Hispanic)	84.2%	63.1%
Black or African American	1.2%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.6%	14.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	2.8%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	15.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden City	Mineola
No high school diploma	4.1%	12.2%
High school graduate	9.0%	15.0%
Some college or associate's	11.7%	17.8%
Bachelor's degree	37.4%	28.0%
Graduate or professional degree	37.8%	27.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden City	Mineola
Drove alone	51.7%	55.0%
Carpooled	5.5%	8.4%
Public transit	14.9%	16.3%
Walked	2.8%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	24.2%	15.8%
Other means	0.7%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden City	Mineola
1-unit, detached	81.5%	55.6%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	6.9%
20 or more units	12.3%	24.4%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Garden City	Mineola
Poverty rate	2.8%	6.6%
Average household size	2.85	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	34	32
Median year structure built	1950	1954