Floral Park is a medium-sized village located in the state of New York. With a population of 15,925 people and five associated neighborhoods, Floral Park is the 117th largest community in New York. Floral Park has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.
Floral Park home prices are not only among the most expensive in New York, but Floral Park real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.
Also of interest is that Floral Park has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 11.07% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
In addition, Floral Park is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates". Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.
Because of many things, Floral Park is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Floral Park really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Floral Park perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
In Floral Park, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 35.04 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit. In addition, the village is also quite pedestrian-friendly, because many neighborhoods are very dense and have amenities close enough together that people find it feasible to get around on foot.
In Floral Park, a lot of people use the train to get to work every day though Floral Park is a relatively small village. Those that ride the train are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.
Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Floral Park, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Floral Park is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 60.43% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Floral Park in 2022 was $68,568, which is wealthy relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $274,272 for a family of four.
Floral Park is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Floral Park home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Floral Park residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Floral Park also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.69% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Floral Park include Irish, Italian, German, Polish, and English.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Floral Park's cultural character, accounting for 20.43% of the village’s population.
The most common language spoken in Floral Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.