Herricks vs University Gardens

A side-by-side comparison of Herricks and University Gardens: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Herricks has the higher population (4,077 vs 3,986 in University Gardens). Herricks has the higher median household income ($145,000 vs $94,886 in University Gardens). University Gardens has the higher median home value ($849,600 vs $787,700 in Herricks).

Population, income & housing

	Herricks	University Gardens
Population	4,077	3,986
Median age	47.5 yrs	47.7 yrs
Median household income	$145,000	$94,886
Median home value	$787,700	$849,600
Median gross rent	$3,501	$1,689
Housing units	1,298	1,640
Homeownership rate	96.5%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.9%	59.4%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Herricks	University Gardens
Population	4,122 → 4,077 (-1.1%)	4,182 → 3,986 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$133,472 → $145,000 (+8.6%)	$116,711 → $94,886 (-18.7%)
Median home value	$653,500 → $787,700 (+20.5%)	$787,700 → $849,600 (+7.9%)
Median gross rent	$3,501 → $3,501 (+0.0%)	$1,665 → $1,689 (+1.4%)

Herricks

Population

4,1224,077

Median household income

$133,472$145,000

Median home value

$653,500$787,700

Median gross rent

$3,501$3,501

University Gardens

Population

4,1823,986

Median household income

$116,711$94,886

Median home value

$787,700$849,600

Median gross rent

$1,665$1,689

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Herricks	University Gardens
Under 5	2.6%	3.3%
5 to 17	18.3%	12.4%
18 to 24	6.5%	9.4%
25 to 34	10.9%	10.4%
35 to 44	9.1%	10.8%
45 to 54	13.6%	17.0%
55 to 64	16.5%	18.0%
65 to 74	13.1%	8.1%
75 and over	9.5%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Herricks	University Gardens
White (non-Hispanic)	32.3%	48.5%
Black or African American	3.1%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	53.4%	39.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.9%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Herricks	University Gardens
No high school diploma	5.2%	9.0%
High school graduate	21.6%	14.1%
Some college or associate's	14.4%	17.4%
Bachelor's degree	31.7%	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	27.2%	29.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Herricks	University Gardens
Drove alone	63.3%	48.6%
Carpooled	10.1%	11.7%
Public transit	6.3%	24.6%
Walked	0.5%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.8%	13.3%
Other means	4.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Herricks	University Gardens
1-unit, detached	98.1%	57.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	27.2%
20 or more units	0.7%	8.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Herricks	University Gardens
Poverty rate	6.9%	7.0%
Average household size	3.16	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	41	46
Median year structure built	1953	1950