Glen Head vs Old Westbury

A side-by-side comparison of Glen Head and Old Westbury: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Glen Head has the higher population (4,575 vs 4,320 in Old Westbury). Old Westbury has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $136,786 in Glen Head). Old Westbury has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $831,600 in Glen Head).

Population, income & housing

	Glen Head	Old Westbury
Population	4,575	4,320
Median age	46.6 yrs	28.7 yrs
Median household income	$136,786	$250,001
Median home value	$831,600	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$1,922	$3,501
Housing units	1,791	1,132
Homeownership rate	90.1%	93.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.8%	75.0%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glen Head	Old Westbury
Population	5,053 → 4,575 (-9.5%)	4,670 → 4,320 (-7.5%)
Median household income	$123,857 → $136,786 (+10.4%)	$220,048 → $250,001 (+13.6%)
Median home value	$627,600 → $831,600 (+32.5%)	$1,856,900 → $2,000,001 (+7.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,888 → $1,922 (+1.8%)	$3,501 → $3,501 (+0.0%)

Glen Head

Population

5,0534,575

Median household income

$123,857$136,786

Median home value

$627,600$831,600

Median gross rent

$1,888$1,922

Old Westbury

Population

4,6704,320

Median household income

$220,048$250,001

Median home value

$1,856,900$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$3,501$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glen Head	Old Westbury
Under 5	4.2%	1.7%
5 to 17	19.1%	11.0%
18 to 24	6.8%	34.1%
25 to 34	8.5%	6.9%
35 to 44	9.7%	5.5%
45 to 54	17.0%	10.9%
55 to 64	14.0%	14.2%
65 to 74	12.2%	8.0%
75 and over	8.4%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glen Head	Old Westbury
White (non-Hispanic)	75.2%	67.4%
Black or African American	0.9%	6.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	13.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.9%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	16.8%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glen Head	Old Westbury
No high school diploma	5.9%	2.1%
High school graduate	15.6%	8.7%
Some college or associate's	18.7%	14.2%
Bachelor's degree	33.2%	36.2%
Graduate or professional degree	26.6%	38.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glen Head	Old Westbury
Drove alone	60.9%	52.4%
Carpooled	6.3%	4.9%
Public transit	5.0%	9.8%
Walked	2.3%	9.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	23.9%	21.9%
Other means	1.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glen Head	Old Westbury
1-unit, detached	85.7%	93.6%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Glen Head	Old Westbury
Poverty rate	2.9%	5.0%
Average household size	2.79	3.07
Mean commute (minutes)	34	33
Median year structure built	1956	1969