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Living in Great Neck Gardens, NY

Great Neck Gardens is a small town of 1,492 people in Nassau County, New York. It's about 15 miles from New York, NY. Summer highs average 86°F and winter highs 41°F, with about 24 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $1.3M and rent runs about $2k a month.

1,492people
$1.3MTypical home
$2,252/moRent
86° / 41°Summer / winter
24"Snow
238Sunny days
121Rain/snow days

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Size & setting

  • Small town of 1,492
  • Part of a metro area
  • About 8,289 people per sq mi
  • 15 mi to New York, NY
  • 15 mi to New York, NY
  • 1 mi to the nearest town of 10k+

Money

  • Typical home $1.3M (≈$8,130/mo)
  • Median rent $2,252/mo
  • Median household income $136k
  • Property tax about 0.8% of value
  • 1.0% unemployment

Weather

  • Summer highs around 86°F
  • Winter highs around 41°F
  • Somewhat humid summers (dew point 63°F)
  • 238 sunny days a year (78 totally clear)
  • 127 cloudy days a year
  • 43 of 90 winter days are gray
  • 121 days a year with rain or snow
  • 24" of snow a year
  • 6 days a year with 1"+ of snow
  • Rarely hits 100°F
  • 2 nights a year below 10°F
  • Usually calm

Safety

  • Very low violent crime (137 per 100k), county-wide
  • Very low property crime (862 per 100k), county-wide

People

  • Median age 58
  • 30% of households have kids
  • 36% are 65 or older
  • 62% have a college degree
  • Mixed community
  • 5% of residents are college students

Getting around & homes

  • Average commute 37 min
  • 18% walk or take transit to work
  • 8 mi to LGA airport
  • 8 mi to LGA (major hub)
  • 9 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
  • 78% single-family homes
  • Typical home built around 1948
  • 70% of homes have broadband

Outdoors

  • Gently rolling terrain
  • Elevation 138 ft
  • Right on the coast
  • 185 mi to a big lake
  • 4 mi to the nearest trailhead
  • 18 mi to the nearest ski area
  • 11 mi to the nearest campground
  • 175 golf courses within 25 mi

Things to do

  • 14,149 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
  • 1,885 bars within 25 mi
  • 5,258 coffee shops within 25 mi
  • 133 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
  • 280 museums within 25 mi
  • 68 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
  • 4 mi to the nearest farmers market

Everyday

  • Schools in the top 11% of New York districts (reading)
  • Grocery store in town
  • 2 mi to the nearest ER hospital
  • 2 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
  • Vet in town
  • Dog park in town
  • 4 congregations per 10k people
  • 3 mi to the nearest college

Politics

  • Nassau County: R+4 in 2024
  • New York: D+13 in 2024

Natural hazards

  • High hurricane risk
  • Moderate tornado risk
  • Very low wildfire risk
  • Low earthquake risk
  • High flood risk
  • Very low drought risk
  • Moderate winter storm risk
  • Moderate heat wave risk
  • Very low volcano risk

Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.

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