Kings Park is a medium-sized coastal town (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of New York. With a population of 17,085 people and four associated neighborhoods, Kings Park is the 109th largest community in New York.
Kings Park home prices are not only among the most expensive in New York, but Kings Park real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.
A relatively large number of people in Kings Park telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.50% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.
Because of many things, Kings 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, Kings Park really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Kings 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.
Kings Park is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.
One downside of living in Kings Park is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Kings Park, the average commute to work is 32.41 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the town, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative.
Despite being a small town, Kings Park has a lot of people using the train to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the train are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.
The citizens of Kings Park are among the most well-educated in the nation: 43.04% of adults in Kings Park have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Kings Park in 2022 was $55,999, which is upper middle income relative to New York, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $223,996 for a family of four.
Kings Park is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Kings Park home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Kings Park residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Kings Park include Italian, Irish, German, Polish, and English.
The most common language spoken in Kings Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.