Great Neck Gardens vs Russell Gardens

A side-by-side comparison of Great Neck Gardens and Russell Gardens: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Great Neck Gardens has the higher population (1,245 vs 1,130 in Russell Gardens). Russell Gardens has the higher median home value ($1,420,300 vs $1,140,100 in Great Neck Gardens). Since 2019, Russell Gardens's population has grown faster (+13.8% vs +8.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Great Neck Gardens	Russell Gardens
Population	1,245	1,130
Median age	58.5 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$208,500
Median home value	$1,140,100	$1,420,300
Median gross rent	—	$2,115
Housing units	467	356
Homeownership rate	69.6%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.2%	83.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Great Neck Gardens	Russell Gardens
Population	1,150 → 1,245 (+8.3%)	993 → 1,130 (+13.8%)
Median household income	—	$140,625 → $208,500 (+48.3%)
Median home value	$954,300 → $1,140,100 (+19.5%)	$1,129,000 → $1,420,300 (+25.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,784 → $2,115 (+18.6%)

Great Neck Gardens

Population

1,1501,245

Median home value

$954,300$1,140,100

Russell Gardens

Population

9931,130

Median household income

$140,625$208,500

Median home value

$1,129,000$1,420,300

Median gross rent

$1,784$2,115

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Great Neck Gardens	Russell Gardens
Under 5	0.5%	5.9%
5 to 17	14.8%	19.6%
18 to 24	5.4%	4.8%
25 to 34	8.3%	9.4%
35 to 44	2.2%	13.2%
45 to 54	14.5%	13.1%
55 to 64	10.0%	15.8%
65 to 74	15.4%	11.4%
75 and over	28.9%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Great Neck Gardens	Russell Gardens
White (non-Hispanic)	65.0%	43.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	29.9%	50.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Great Neck Gardens	Russell Gardens
No high school diploma	13.7%	3.6%
High school graduate	8.2%	4.1%
Some college or associate's	10.9%	8.6%
Bachelor's degree	32.5%	36.2%
Graduate or professional degree	34.7%	47.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Great Neck Gardens	Russell Gardens
Drove alone	58.2%	36.1%
Carpooled	8.7%	5.4%
Public transit	15.2%	27.9%
Walked	4.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	7.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	26.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Great Neck Gardens	Russell Gardens
1-unit, detached	71.9%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.9%
20 or more units	28.1%	21.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Great Neck Gardens	Russell Gardens
Poverty rate	14.0%	1.5%
Average household size	2.89	3.14
Mean commute (minutes)	31	40
Median year structure built	1952	1945