Photo: LINYperson615 · CC BY-SA 4.0Few U.S. towns have household incomes as high as Great Neck Estates’
Measured by household income, Great Neck Estates is among the highest-earning towns in the country. The poverty rate is 5.7%; New York has 14.0%. Jobs and income earn Great Neck Estates A+; getting around on foot earns it A+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Great Neck Estates apart on work
Much of Great Neck Estates works one town over
75% of working residents work in a town that borders Great Neck Estates: New York (53%) and North Hempstead (22%). Next door ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Great Neck Estates
72% of Great Neck Estates residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 47% of the jobs based in Great Neck Estates pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Home offices are common in Great Neck Estates
23% of Great Neck Estates workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Great Neck Estates
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Great Neck Estates is among the top U.S. towns, #7 of 758 in New York. Job access by car is its strongest input (among the top U.S. towns); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Great Neck Estates could be anywhere from A to A+.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Great Neck Estates
559 jobs are based in Great Neck Estates.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Great Neck Estates, 2013 → 2023: 608 → 559. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Great Neck Estates’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Great Neck Estates’ commute takes about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Great Neck Estates workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 984 commuters (the 23% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Who leaves Great Neck Estates for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,101 residents head out to work, 25 work right here, and 534 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,600 people are in Great Neck Estates on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.50 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
53% of working residents work in New York City
Where Great Neck Estates clocks in
53% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Near or far: the trip to work from Great Neck Estates
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Great Neck Estates is among the most walkable U.S. towns
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Great Neck Estates is among the most walkable U.S. towns, #25 of 758 in New York. Both inputs place Great Neck Estates near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,271 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 40% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 46.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, among the most of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.9% of Great Neck Estates households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 21% of Great Neck Estates’ commuters take a bus or train.
How Great Neck Estates ranks: 45th of 4,562 U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | East Williston NY | 2,616 | $215K | 2.3% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 9 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | May Township MN | 2,638 | $137K | 2.0% | 0.7% | 4% | A+ |
| 44 | Split Rock Township SD | 3,086 | $148K | 0.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 45 | Great Neck Estates NY | 3,139 | $238K | 5.7% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 46 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| 47 | Trenton Township OH | 2,538 | $137K | 1.4% | 0.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 105 | Lake Success NY | 2,849 | $244K | 4.4% | 3.3% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,562 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Great Neck Estates, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Work next door: 75% of Great Neck Estates’ workers
The biggest share goes to New York (53%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Great Neck Estates workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Neck Estates | – | A+ | A+ | 34 min | $237,788 |
| Great Neck Plaza | under 1% | B+ | A+ | 36 min | $92,474 |
| University Gardens | under 1% | — | — | 47 min | — |
| North Hempstead | 22% | A | A+ | 36 min | $158,158 |
| New York | 53% | B− | A+ | 40 min | $80,483 |
| Harbor Hills | under 1% | — | — | 43 min | — |
| Kensington | under 1% | A | A+ | 42 min | $220,625 |
| Great Neck | under 1% | A− | A+ | 39 min | $137,981 |
Same-state neighbors only. University Gardens and Harbor Hills: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Great Neck Estates’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Great Neck Estates: questions
What is the median household income in Great Neck Estates?
$237,788 (±$52,803) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Great Neck Estates?
5.7%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Great Neck Estates?
34 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Great Neck Estates work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (53%, 14 mi), North Hempstead (22%, 3 mi), Hempstead (7%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Great Neck Estates walkable?
Great Neck Estates is among the most walkable U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 14.9 out of 20, and 22% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Great Neck Estates without a car?
21% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 40% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Great Neck Estates, from the people who make the trip.
More of Great Neck Estates
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.