Garden City vs Plainview

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

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

Plainview has the higher population (26,251 vs 22,866 in Garden City). Garden City has the higher median household income ($228,807 vs $185,531 in Plainview). Garden City has the higher median home value ($1,063,300 vs $729,100 in Plainview).

Population, income & housing

	Garden City	Plainview
Population	22,866	26,251
Median age	41.6 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$228,807	$185,531
Median home value	$1,063,300	$729,100
Median gross rent	$3,478	$3,026
Housing units	8,085	9,136
Homeownership rate	92.3%	92.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.2%	68.7%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden City	Plainview
Population	22,499 → 22,866 (+1.6%)	26,453 → 26,251 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$174,886 → $228,807 (+30.8%)	$146,853 → $185,531 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$860,000 → $1,063,300 (+23.6%)	$594,000 → $729,100 (+22.7%)
Median gross rent	$3,342 → $3,478 (+4.1%)	$1,566 → $3,026 (+93.2%)

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

Plainview

Population

26,45326,251

Median household income

$146,853$185,531

Median home value

$594,000$729,100

Median gross rent

$1,566$3,026

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden City	Plainview
Under 5	3.8%	4.6%
5 to 17	21.8%	18.7%
18 to 24	11.4%	7.5%
25 to 34	4.7%	7.4%
35 to 44	14.6%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.9%	13.6%
55 to 64	13.8%	13.7%
65 to 74	9.2%	12.7%
75 and over	7.8%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden City	Plainview
White (non-Hispanic)	84.2%	72.1%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.6%	21.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.3%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden City	Plainview
No high school diploma	4.1%	4.0%
High school graduate	9.0%	13.0%
Some college or associate's	11.7%	14.2%
Bachelor's degree	37.4%	33.5%
Graduate or professional degree	37.8%	35.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden City	Plainview
Drove alone	51.7%	61.2%
Carpooled	5.5%	5.6%
Public transit	14.9%	10.0%
Walked	2.8%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.3%
Worked from home	24.2%	22.2%
Other means	0.7%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden City	Plainview
1-unit, detached	81.5%	90.5%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	3.2%
20 or more units	12.3%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Garden City	Plainview
Poverty rate	2.8%	2.7%
Average household size	2.85	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	34	35
Median year structure built	1950	1957