Glen Head vs Searingtown

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

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

Searingtown has the higher population (4,786 vs 4,575 in Glen Head). Searingtown has the higher median household income ($215,817 vs $136,786 in Glen Head). Searingtown has the higher median home value ($1,073,000 vs $831,600 in Glen Head).

Population, income & housing

	Glen Head	Searingtown
Population	4,575	4,786
Median age	46.6 yrs	50.6 yrs
Median household income	$136,786	$215,817
Median home value	$831,600	$1,073,000
Median gross rent	$1,922	—
Housing units	1,791	1,630
Homeownership rate	90.1%	97.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.8%	74.0%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glen Head	Searingtown
Population	5,053 → 4,575 (-9.5%)	4,593 → 4,786 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$123,857 → $136,786 (+10.4%)	$161,188 → $215,817 (+33.9%)
Median home value	$627,600 → $831,600 (+32.5%)	$868,400 → $1,073,000 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,888 → $1,922 (+1.8%)	—

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

Searingtown

Population

4,5934,786

Median household income

$161,188$215,817

Median home value

$868,400$1,073,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glen Head	Searingtown
Under 5	4.2%	3.6%
5 to 17	19.1%	14.7%
18 to 24	6.8%	7.5%
25 to 34	8.5%	8.8%
35 to 44	9.7%	7.5%
45 to 54	17.0%	16.8%
55 to 64	14.0%	19.2%
65 to 74	12.2%	12.6%
75 and over	8.4%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glen Head	Searingtown
White (non-Hispanic)	75.2%	36.5%
Black or African American	0.9%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	52.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	2.6%
Two or more races	2.9%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	16.8%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glen Head	Searingtown
No high school diploma	5.9%	1.8%
High school graduate	15.6%	9.2%
Some college or associate's	18.7%	15.0%
Bachelor's degree	33.2%	35.1%
Graduate or professional degree	26.6%	38.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glen Head	Searingtown
Drove alone	60.9%	68.3%
Carpooled	6.3%	8.3%
Public transit	5.0%	6.3%
Walked	2.3%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.9%	14.1%
Other means	1.6%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glen Head	Searingtown
1-unit, detached	85.7%	98.7%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Glen Head	Searingtown
Poverty rate	2.9%	2.7%
Average household size	2.79	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	34	35
Median year structure built	1956	1962