Great Neck vs Inwood

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

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

Inwood has the higher population (11,964 vs 11,068 in Great Neck). Great Neck has the higher median household income ($137,095 vs $79,500 in Inwood). Great Neck has the higher median home value ($953,400 vs $610,600 in Inwood).

Population, income & housing

	Great Neck	Inwood
Population	11,068	11,964
Median age	34.4 yrs	30.7 yrs
Median household income	$137,095	$79,500
Median home value	$953,400	$610,600
Median gross rent	$2,195	$1,938
Housing units	3,724	3,231
Homeownership rate	70.8%	47.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.4%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Great Neck	Inwood
Population	10,205 → 11,068 (+8.5%)	9,892 → 11,964 (+20.9%)
Median household income	$100,766 → $137,095 (+36.1%)	$57,723 → $79,500 (+37.7%)
Median home value	$843,700 → $953,400 (+13.0%)	$421,900 → $610,600 (+44.7%)
Median gross rent	$2,049 → $2,195 (+7.1%)	$1,509 → $1,938 (+28.4%)

Great Neck

Population

10,20511,068

Median household income

$100,766$137,095

Median home value

$843,700$953,400

Median gross rent

$2,049$2,195

Inwood

Population

9,89211,964

Median household income

$57,723$79,500

Median home value

$421,900$610,600

Median gross rent

$1,509$1,938

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Great Neck	Inwood
Under 5	11.3%	9.6%
5 to 17	22.9%	19.3%
18 to 24	6.0%	8.7%
25 to 34	10.2%	20.0%
35 to 44	11.5%	9.0%
45 to 54	7.3%	9.4%
55 to 64	12.0%	12.8%
65 to 74	10.2%	5.3%
75 and over	8.6%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Great Neck	Inwood
White (non-Hispanic)	67.2%	27.6%
Black or African American	2.2%	15.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	17.3%	7.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	48.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Great Neck	Inwood
No high school diploma	10.0%	26.7%
High school graduate	14.3%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	17.4%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	30.2%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	28.1%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Great Neck	Inwood
Drove alone	48.7%	44.6%
Carpooled	6.5%	18.8%
Public transit	27.1%	16.6%
Walked	2.8%	8.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	11.2%	8.6%
Other means	3.6%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Great Neck	Inwood
1-unit, detached	67.2%	45.9%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	10.8%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	30.2%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	8.2%
20 or more units	24.9%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Great Neck	Inwood
Poverty rate	7.2%	14.3%
Average household size	3.31	3.92
Mean commute (minutes)	38	35
Median year structure built	1952	1953