Great Neck Plaza vs Hewlett

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

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

Hewlett has the higher population (7,599 vs 7,503 in Great Neck Plaza). Hewlett has the higher median household income ($135,139 vs $106,549 in Great Neck Plaza). Hewlett has the higher median home value ($609,800 vs $381,900 in Great Neck Plaza).

Population, income & housing

	Great Neck Plaza	Hewlett
Population	7,503	7,599
Median age	49.0 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$106,549	$135,139
Median home value	$381,900	$609,800
Median gross rent	$2,386	$2,295
Housing units	4,149	2,542
Homeownership rate	55.2%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.8%	59.5%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Great Neck Plaza	Hewlett
Population	6,957 → 7,503 (+7.8%)	6,802 → 7,599 (+11.7%)
Median household income	$92,260 → $106,549 (+15.5%)	$103,177 → $135,139 (+31.0%)
Median home value	$364,400 → $381,900 (+4.8%)	$464,300 → $609,800 (+31.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,958 → $2,386 (+21.9%)	$1,718 → $2,295 (+33.6%)

Great Neck Plaza

Population

6,9577,503

Median household income

$92,260$106,549

Median home value

$364,400$381,900

Median gross rent

$1,958$2,386

Hewlett

Population

6,8027,599

Median household income

$103,177$135,139

Median home value

$464,300$609,800

Median gross rent

$1,718$2,295

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Great Neck Plaza	Hewlett
Under 5	3.4%	4.7%
5 to 17	10.1%	21.0%
18 to 24	5.1%	6.0%
25 to 34	12.2%	11.1%
35 to 44	13.4%	13.1%
45 to 54	14.5%	13.1%
55 to 64	16.8%	13.5%
65 to 74	10.7%	10.8%
75 and over	13.8%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Great Neck Plaza	Hewlett
White (non-Hispanic)	60.6%	70.8%
Black or African American	0.4%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	20.9%	11.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	12.7%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Great Neck Plaza	Hewlett
No high school diploma	3.9%	12.1%
High school graduate	12.1%	13.0%
Some college or associate's	17.2%	15.4%
Bachelor's degree	30.8%	35.3%
Graduate or professional degree	36.0%	24.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Great Neck Plaza	Hewlett
Drove alone	40.8%	55.4%
Carpooled	5.3%	4.8%
Public transit	20.7%	14.3%
Walked	3.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.0%	24.5%
Other means	2.9%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Great Neck Plaza	Hewlett
1-unit, detached	4.3%	67.5%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	10.5%
20 or more units	81.9%	10.4%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Great Neck Plaza	Hewlett
Poverty rate	6.9%	5.9%
Average household size	1.87	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	39	41
Median year structure built	1960	1951