Mill Neck vs Russell Gardens

A side-by-side comparison of Mill Neck and Russell Gardens: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mill Neck has the higher population (1,245 vs 1,130 in Russell Gardens). Mill Neck has the higher median household income ($225,000 vs $208,500 in Russell Gardens). Russell Gardens has the higher median home value ($1,420,300 vs $1,402,400 in Mill Neck).

Population, income & housing

	Mill Neck	Russell Gardens
Population	1,245	1,130
Median age	46.8 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$225,000	$208,500
Median home value	$1,402,400	$1,420,300
Median gross rent	$3,501	$2,115
Housing units	457	356
Homeownership rate	87.6%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	76.2%	83.8%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mill Neck	Russell Gardens
Population	1,073 → 1,245 (+16.0%)	993 → 1,130 (+13.8%)
Median household income	$243,250 → $225,000 (-7.5%)	$140,625 → $208,500 (+48.3%)
Median home value	$1,500,000 → $1,402,400 (-6.5%)	$1,129,000 → $1,420,300 (+25.8%)
Median gross rent	$2,750 → $3,501 (+27.3%)	$1,784 → $2,115 (+18.6%)

Mill Neck

Population

1,0731,245

Median household income

$243,250$225,000

Median home value

$1,500,000$1,402,400

Median gross rent

$2,750$3,501

Russell Gardens

Population

9931,130

Median household income

$140,625$208,500

Median home value

$1,129,000$1,420,300

Median gross rent

$1,784$2,115

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mill Neck	Russell Gardens
Under 5	8.4%	5.9%
5 to 17	17.1%	19.6%
18 to 24	5.9%	4.8%
25 to 34	5.0%	9.4%
35 to 44	10.6%	13.2%
45 to 54	11.6%	13.1%
55 to 64	14.1%	15.8%
65 to 74	21.8%	11.4%
75 and over	5.6%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mill Neck	Russell Gardens
White (non-Hispanic)	71.3%	43.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.7%	50.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	20.2%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mill Neck	Russell Gardens
No high school diploma	2.5%	3.6%
High school graduate	4.8%	4.1%
Some college or associate's	16.5%	8.6%
Bachelor's degree	34.8%	36.2%
Graduate or professional degree	41.5%	47.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mill Neck	Russell Gardens
Drove alone	74.6%	36.1%
Carpooled	1.7%	5.4%
Public transit	8.0%	27.9%
Walked	0.9%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.4%	26.0%
Other means	0.4%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mill Neck	Russell Gardens
1-unit, detached	99.3%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.2%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	21.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mill Neck	Russell Gardens
Poverty rate	3.9%	1.5%
Average household size	2.98	3.14
Mean commute (minutes)	33	40
Median year structure built	1956	1945