About Great Neck Plaza

Great Neck Plaza is a somewhat small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 6,340 people and just one neighborhood, Great Neck Plaza is the 317th largest community in New York.

Great Neck Plaza is a decidedly white-collar village, with fully 95.20% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Great Neck Plaza is a village of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Great Neck Plaza who work in sales jobs (17.28%), office and administrative support jobs (13.34%), and management occupations (12.33%).

Of important note, Great Neck Plaza is also a village of artists. Great Neck Plaza has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Great Neck Plaza's character.

A very large number of seniors call Great Neck Plaza home: people 65 and over are 29.21% of the population. Because of the prominence of the retirement community, this is good place for the over-65 crowd to settle, as many of the village's services and social community are geared to this demographic.

For a small village, there is also a high proportion of single, often educated, people living in Great Neck Plaza. This is not typical for most smaller communities in America, and adds a feeling of vibrancy to Great Neck Plaza.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Great Neck Plaza is also home to many people who can 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.

One downside of living in Great Neck Plaza is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Great Neck Plaza, the average commute to work is 35.55 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Great Neck Plaza is a small village, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Great Neck Plaza Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Great Neck Plaza. 56.69% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 14.96%.

The per capita income in Great Neck Plaza in 2000 was $42,914, which is wealthy relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $171,656 for a family of four.

The people who call Great Neck Plaza home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Great Neck Plaza is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Great Neck Plaza include Russian, Iranian, Italian, Polish, Austrian, German, Irish, and Eastern European.

Great Neck Plaza also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 26.34%.

The most common language spoken in Great Neck Plaza is English. Other important languages spoken here include Persian and Spanish.