Great Neck is a somewhat small coastal village (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of New York. With a population of 9,540 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Great Neck is the 218th largest community in New York.

Great Neck is a decidedly white-collar village, with fully 92.94% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Great Neck is a village of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Great Neck who work in sales jobs (20.69%), office and administrative support jobs (10.74%), and management occupations (10.67%).

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

Also of interest is that Great Neck has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Great Neck 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.

Great Neck is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The village's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Great Neck's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

The village is also nautical, which means that parts of Great Neck are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

In Great Neck, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 40.83 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.

Even though Great Neck is a smaller village, it has many people who hop on public transportation - mostly the train - for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.

Great Neck Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Great Neck is a pretty powerful place. 50.61% of the adults in Great Neck have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Great Neck in 2000 was $38,790, which is wealthy relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $155,160 for a family of four.

Great Neck is a somewhat ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Great Neck home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Great Neck is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Great Neck include Iranian, Russian, Italian, Polish, Irish, German, and Israeli.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Great Neck's cultural character, accounting for 35.70% of the village's population.

The languages spoken by people in Great Neck are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Great Neck is English. Other important languages spoken here include Persian, Spanish, Hebrew, and Chinese.