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." 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, Great Neck is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Great Neck a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The village's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Great Neck has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local 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 touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Quite often, nautical areas such as these attract visitors and locals who come to enjoy the scenery and various waterfront activities.

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.

In Great Neck, a lot of people use the train to get to work every day even though Great Neck is a relatively small village. Those that ride the train are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.

Great Neck 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. 50.61% 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 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.