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SheetNY-GARDEN-CITY-SOUTH-NY · Garden City South, NY 4,077 pop · income 94th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Garden City South
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Garden City South on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Medina · lowest
21,966
Medina · lowest
21,966 median HH income
14.6% of the leader · rank #1
Round Top · near
150,625
Round Top · near
150,625 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #2
Garden City S… · this city
150,688
Garden City S… · this city
150,688 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #3
Barrington · near
150,714
Barrington · near
150,714 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #4
White Rock · near
150,714
White Rock · near
150,714 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #5
Rice Tracts · near
150,750
Rice Tracts · near
150,750 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #6
Ilchester · highest
150,783
Ilchester · highest
150,783 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Garden City South on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 4,077.
Nationally, Garden City South sits in the 94th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
94th
percentile, household income
93rd
percentile, home value
78th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Garden City South, NY
New York's Garden City South is a small town, with 4,077 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Households in Garden City South report a median income of $150,688 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 1.5%. Garden City South's housing stock carries a median value of $691,800, and the median resident age is 46.0 years. 48.4% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 64.2% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
New York carries a cost-of-living premium: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts New York at 107.9 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Above Average). A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,579 per month statewide. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts New York's average monthly utility costs around $285 (state average). Natural-hazard exposure scores 69.4 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Garden City South's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from housing and income to work and mobility to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Garden City South, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in Garden City South?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.6 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 1.5%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What does the journey to work look like in Garden City South?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 69.9%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Which cities make useful reference points for Garden City South?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Within New York, the closest population matches are Herricks (4,077 residents, $145,000 income); Montauk (4,073 residents, $129,375 income); Gordon Heights (4,095 residents, $107,317 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Otsego, MI (4,079 residents); Bullard, TX (4,080 residents); Pascoag, RI (4,081 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Household income A+
$150,688
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate A
1.5%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share A-
48.4%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Cost of living F
107.9 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Garden City South profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 96/100 (A+) · $150,688
Poverty rate: 89/100 (A) · 1.5%
Bachelor's+ share: 82/100 (A-) · 48.4%
Cost of living: 12/100 (F) · 107.9 index
How does Garden City South compare to other US cities?
Here's how Garden City South stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income94% higher than other cities
Home value93% pricier than other cities
Median rent78% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Garden City South against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to New York only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
New York-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Garden City South near the bottom of New York's cities
Among the 1,256 New York cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Garden City South ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Garden City South only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#166 of 1,205
86th percentile in New York
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,256
0th percentile in New York
Median Home Value
#173 of 1,202
86th percentile in New York
Poverty Rate
#949 of 1,246
23rd percentile in New York
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#348 of 1,254
72nd percentile in New York
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within New York only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
94th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Garden City South's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$691,8007th percentilemore affordable than 7% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Garden City South's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.6×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#12,168 of 15,516
More affordable than 22% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#9,293 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 4.6×, Garden City South sits in the moderate band:
national rank #12,168 of 15,516 and #9,293 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$150,688Garden City South, NY median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Garden City South, NY median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Garden City South, NY.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)48.4%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)1.5%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)64.2%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
4,077
Median Income
$150,688
Median Home Value
$691,800
Median Age
46.0
Poverty Rate
1.5%
Labor force participation
64.2%
Bachelor's Degree+
48.4%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
69.9%
Carpool
6.2%
Public Transit
6.8%
Walk
2.5%
Work from Home
10.8%
Other
3.8%
Based on 2,072 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
New York statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $285
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across New York at $285 (electricity about $130 , water and sewer about $65 ).
These are New York statewide averages, not a meter reading for Garden City South. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
New York's BEA cost-of-living index is 107.9 (Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Garden City South is $1,579/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to New York statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 69.4 / 100 (Moderate).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a New York statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Garden City South sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Garden City South compares to similar-size New York cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.