Great Neck vs New Hyde Park

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

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

Great Neck has the higher population (11,068 vs 10,208 in New Hyde Park). New Hyde Park has the higher median household income ($146,571 vs $137,095 in Great Neck). Great Neck has the higher median home value ($953,400 vs $700,400 in New Hyde Park).

Population, income & housing

	Great Neck	New Hyde Park
Population	11,068	10,208
Median age	34.4 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$137,095	$146,571
Median home value	$953,400	$700,400
Median gross rent	$2,195	$1,634
Housing units	3,724	3,683
Homeownership rate	70.8%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.4%	50.1%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Great Neck	New Hyde Park
Population	10,205 → 11,068 (+8.5%)	9,841 → 10,208 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$100,766 → $137,095 (+36.1%)	$136,500 → $146,571 (+7.4%)
Median home value	$843,700 → $953,400 (+13.0%)	$580,300 → $700,400 (+20.7%)
Median gross rent	$2,049 → $2,195 (+7.1%)	$1,659 → $1,634 (-1.5%)

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

New Hyde Park

Population

9,84110,208

Median household income

$136,500$146,571

Median home value

$580,300$700,400

Median gross rent

$1,659$1,634

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Great Neck	New Hyde Park
Under 5	11.3%	4.8%
5 to 17	22.9%	14.5%
18 to 24	6.0%	7.3%
25 to 34	10.2%	10.1%
35 to 44	11.5%	15.9%
45 to 54	7.3%	13.7%
55 to 64	12.0%	15.1%
65 to 74	10.2%	10.3%
75 and over	8.6%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Great Neck	New Hyde Park
White (non-Hispanic)	67.2%	49.6%
Black or African American	2.2%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	17.3%	29.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	2.5%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.6%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	12.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Great Neck	New Hyde Park
No high school diploma	10.0%	8.5%
High school graduate	14.3%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	17.4%	21.0%
Bachelor's degree	30.2%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	28.1%	23.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Great Neck	New Hyde Park
Drove alone	48.7%	57.0%
Carpooled	6.5%	9.9%
Public transit	27.1%	11.4%
Walked	2.8%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.2%	19.4%
Other means	3.6%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Great Neck	New Hyde Park
1-unit, detached	67.2%	84.5%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	2.1%
20 or more units	24.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Great Neck	New Hyde Park
Poverty rate	7.2%	4.0%
Average household size	3.31	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	38	38
Median year structure built	1952	1951