Garden City is a medium-sized village located in the state of New York. With a population of 22,891 people and six associated neighborhoods, Garden City is the 75th largest community in New York. Garden City home prices are not only among the most expensive in New York, but Garden City real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.Garden City is a decidedly white-collar village, with fully 93.52% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Garden City is a village of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Garden City who work in management occupations (15.21%), business and financial occupations (13.97%), and sales jobs (12.98%). Also of interest is that Garden City 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: 20.23% 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, Garden City is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates", which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre. Because of many things, Garden City 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, Garden City really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Garden City 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. One downside of living in Garden City is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Garden City, the average commute to work is 31.43 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the village, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative. Although the majority of commuting trips in the village are by private automobile, Garden City is somewhat unusual for a village of its size for having a substantial number of people who use public transportation. For a lot of people, the train helps to get to and from their jobs every morning, which benefits everyone in the Garden City area by reducing both traffic and air pollution.If knowledge is power, Garden City is a pretty powerful place. 74.35% of the adults in Garden City have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns. The per capita income in Garden City in 2022 was $94,051, which is wealthy relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $376,204 for a family of four. Garden City is a somewhat ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Garden City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Garden City residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Garden City include Irish, Italian, German, English, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Garden City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese and Italian.
