Glen Cove vs Plainview

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

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

Glen Cove has the higher population (28,101 vs 26,251 in Plainview). Plainview has the higher median household income ($185,531 vs $91,355 in Glen Cove). Plainview has the higher median home value ($729,100 vs $654,500 in Glen Cove).

Population, income & housing

	Glen Cove	Plainview
Population	28,101	26,251
Median age	43.1 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$91,355	$185,531
Median home value	$654,500	$729,100
Median gross rent	$2,349	$3,026
Housing units	11,066	9,136
Homeownership rate	53.8%	92.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.0%	68.7%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glen Cove	Plainview
Population	27,232 → 28,101 (+3.2%)	26,453 → 26,251 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$80,702 → $91,355 (+13.2%)	$146,853 → $185,531 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$508,300 → $654,500 (+28.8%)	$594,000 → $729,100 (+22.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,802 → $2,349 (+30.4%)	$1,566 → $3,026 (+93.2%)

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

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)

	Glen Cove	Plainview
Under 5	5.3%	4.6%
5 to 17	13.0%	18.7%
18 to 24	8.9%	7.5%
25 to 34	13.2%	7.4%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.8%	13.6%
55 to 64	12.9%	13.7%
65 to 74	12.5%	12.7%
75 and over	9.2%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glen Cove	Plainview
White (non-Hispanic)	55.1%	72.1%
Black or African American	3.8%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	4.8%	21.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	33.7%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glen Cove	Plainview
No high school diploma	14.1%	4.0%
High school graduate	24.9%	13.0%
Some college or associate's	20.9%	14.2%
Bachelor's degree	24.4%	33.5%
Graduate or professional degree	15.6%	35.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glen Cove	Plainview
Drove alone	69.4%	61.2%
Carpooled	7.4%	5.6%
Public transit	9.4%	10.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	8.8%	22.2%
Other means	1.9%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glen Cove	Plainview
1-unit, detached	49.9%	90.5%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	20.6%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	3.2%
20 or more units	20.0%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Glen Cove	Plainview
Poverty rate	13.3%	2.7%
Average household size	2.58	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	30	35
Median year structure built	1960	1957