Manhasset is a somewhat small coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of New York. With a population of 16,963 people and four constituent neighborhoods, Manhasset is the 116th largest community in New York.

Manhasset is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 96.06% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Manhasset is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Manhasset who work in management occupations (19.75%), sales jobs (18.04%), and healthcare (11.33%).

In addition, Manhasset is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

Because of many things, Manhasset 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, Manhasset really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Manhasset perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, 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.

The town is also nautical, which means that parts of Manhasset 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.

One downside of living in Manhasset is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Manhasset, the average commute to work is 37.62 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Being a small town, Manhasset does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Manhasset Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Manhasset, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Manhasset is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 63.16% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Manhasset in 2000 was $68,697, which is wealthy relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $274,788 for a family of four. However, Manhasset contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Manhasset home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Manhasset is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Manhasset include Italian, Irish, German, Greek, Russian, Polish, and English.

Manhasset also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 16.38%.

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