Inwood vs New Hyde Park

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

Inwood 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.

Inwood has the higher population (11,964 vs 10,208 in New Hyde Park). New Hyde Park has the higher median household income ($146,571 vs $79,500 in Inwood). New Hyde Park has the higher median home value ($700,400 vs $610,600 in Inwood).

Population, income & housing

	Inwood	New Hyde Park
Population	11,964	10,208
Median age	30.7 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$79,500	$146,571
Median home value	$610,600	$700,400
Median gross rent	$1,938	$1,634
Housing units	3,231	3,683
Homeownership rate	47.7%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	50.1%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Inwood	New Hyde Park
Population	9,892 → 11,964 (+20.9%)	9,841 → 10,208 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$57,723 → $79,500 (+37.7%)	$136,500 → $146,571 (+7.4%)
Median home value	$421,900 → $610,600 (+44.7%)	$580,300 → $700,400 (+20.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,509 → $1,938 (+28.4%)	$1,659 → $1,634 (-1.5%)

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

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)

	Inwood	New Hyde Park
Under 5	9.6%	4.8%
5 to 17	19.3%	14.5%
18 to 24	8.7%	7.3%
25 to 34	20.0%	10.1%
35 to 44	9.0%	15.9%
45 to 54	9.4%	13.7%
55 to 64	12.8%	15.1%
65 to 74	5.3%	10.3%
75 and over	5.9%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Inwood	New Hyde Park
White (non-Hispanic)	27.6%	49.6%
Black or African American	15.6%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	7.9%	29.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.6%	0.7%
Two or more races	0.2%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	48.1%	12.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Inwood	New Hyde Park
No high school diploma	26.7%	8.5%
High school graduate	25.8%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	21.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	23.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Inwood	New Hyde Park
Drove alone	44.6%	57.0%
Carpooled	18.8%	9.9%
Public transit	16.6%	11.4%
Walked	8.6%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	19.4%
Other means	2.2%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Inwood	New Hyde Park
1-unit, detached	45.9%	84.5%
1-unit, attached	10.8%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	30.2%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	2.1%
20 or more units	4.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Inwood	New Hyde Park
Poverty rate	14.3%	4.0%
Average household size	3.92	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	35	38
Median year structure built	1953	1951