Great Neck Estates vs Lake Success

A side-by-side comparison of Great Neck Estates and Lake Success: population, income, housing, and more.

Great Neck Estates and Lake Success are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Great Neck Estates has the higher population (2,968 vs 2,817 in Lake Success). Lake Success has the higher median household income ($248,750 vs $211,875 in Great Neck Estates). Great Neck Estates has the higher median home value ($1,670,600 vs $1,484,000 in Lake Success).

Population, income & housing

	Great Neck Estates	Lake Success
Population	2,968	2,817
Median age	42.0 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$211,875	$248,750
Median home value	$1,670,600	$1,484,000
Median gross rent	$3,501	$3,380
Housing units	962	806
Homeownership rate	91.7%	94.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.3%	62.0%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Great Neck Estates	Lake Success
Population	2,852 → 2,968 (+4.1%)	3,119 → 2,817 (-9.7%)
Median household income	$147,750 → $211,875 (+43.4%)	$177,500 → $248,750 (+40.1%)
Median home value	$1,357,100 → $1,670,600 (+23.1%)	$1,194,200 → $1,484,000 (+24.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,865 → $3,501 (+87.7%)	$3,352 → $3,380 (+0.8%)

Great Neck Estates

Population

2,8522,968

Median household income

$147,750$211,875

Median home value

$1,357,100$1,670,600

Median gross rent

$1,865$3,501

Lake Success

Population

3,1192,817

Median household income

$177,500$248,750

Median home value

$1,194,200$1,484,000

Median gross rent

$3,352$3,380

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Great Neck Estates	Lake Success
Under 5	6.3%	2.6%
5 to 17	20.7%	22.5%
18 to 24	8.0%	8.0%
25 to 34	8.0%	4.7%
35 to 44	12.0%	9.4%
45 to 54	12.1%	19.5%
55 to 64	14.5%	11.3%
65 to 74	7.1%	9.7%
75 and over	11.3%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Great Neck Estates	Lake Success
White (non-Hispanic)	69.4%	38.9%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.2%	0.0%
Asian	20.0%	54.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Great Neck Estates	Lake Success
No high school diploma	5.0%	10.9%
High school graduate	15.0%	16.4%
Some college or associate's	12.7%	10.6%
Bachelor's degree	30.4%	24.2%
Graduate or professional degree	36.8%	37.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Great Neck Estates	Lake Success
Drove alone	42.5%	53.9%
Carpooled	10.4%	5.9%
Public transit	19.8%	16.1%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.6%
Worked from home	25.3%	18.9%
Other means	0.7%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Great Neck Estates	Lake Success
1-unit, detached	87.8%	99.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Great Neck Estates	Lake Success
Poverty rate	2.7%	1.5%
Average household size	3.37	3.40
Mean commute (minutes)	38	34
Median year structure built	1940	1956