Glen Cove vs Oceanside

A side-by-side comparison of Glen Cove and Oceanside: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Oceanside has the higher population (31,907 vs 28,101 in Glen Cove). Oceanside has the higher median household income ($145,282 vs $91,355 in Glen Cove). Glen Cove has the higher median home value ($654,500 vs $626,700 in Oceanside).

Population, income & housing

	Glen Cove	Oceanside
Population	28,101	31,907
Median age	43.1 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$91,355	$145,282
Median home value	$654,500	$626,700
Median gross rent	$2,349	$2,118
Housing units	11,066	11,268
Homeownership rate	53.8%	92.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.0%	47.9%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glen Cove	Oceanside
Population	27,232 → 28,101 (+3.2%)	30,604 → 31,907 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$80,702 → $91,355 (+13.2%)	$118,196 → $145,282 (+22.9%)
Median home value	$508,300 → $654,500 (+28.8%)	$472,100 → $626,700 (+32.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,802 → $2,349 (+30.4%)	$1,581 → $2,118 (+34.0%)

Glen Cove

Population

27,23228,101

Median household income

$80,702$91,355

Median home value

$508,300$654,500

Median gross rent

$1,802$2,349

Oceanside

Population

30,60431,907

Median household income

$118,196$145,282

Median home value

$472,100$626,700

Median gross rent

$1,581$2,118

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glen Cove	Oceanside
Under 5	5.3%	5.0%
5 to 17	13.0%	17.0%
18 to 24	8.9%	7.3%
25 to 34	13.2%	9.7%
35 to 44	12.2%	11.5%
45 to 54	12.8%	14.2%
55 to 64	12.9%	14.1%
65 to 74	12.5%	12.6%
75 and over	9.2%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glen Cove	Oceanside
White (non-Hispanic)	55.1%	78.1%
Black or African American	3.8%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	4.8%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	33.7%	15.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glen Cove	Oceanside
No high school diploma	14.1%	5.6%
High school graduate	24.9%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	20.9%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	24.4%	24.8%
Graduate or professional degree	15.6%	23.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glen Cove	Oceanside
Drove alone	69.4%	63.1%
Carpooled	7.4%	7.6%
Public transit	9.4%	11.5%
Walked	3.1%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	8.8%	14.8%
Other means	1.9%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glen Cove	Oceanside
1-unit, detached	49.9%	84.8%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	20.6%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	20.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Glen Cove	Oceanside
Poverty rate	13.3%	2.7%
Average household size	2.58	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	30	36
Median year structure built	1960	1956