Great Neck is a somewhat small coastal village (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of New York. With a population of 5,517 people and five associated neighborhoods, Great Neck is the 169th largest community in New York.

Great Neck home prices are not only among the most expensive in New York, but Great Neck real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

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.

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.

A relatively large number of people in Great Neck telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.93% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

In addition, Great Neck is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates". Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

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

Great Neck is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Quite often, nautical areas such as these attract visitors and locals who come to enjoy the scenery and various waterfront activities.

One downside of living in Great Neck is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Great Neck, the average commute to work is 37.43 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the village, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative.

Despite being a small village, Great Neck has a lot of people using the train to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the train are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Great Neck, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Great Neck is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 58.56% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.

The per capita income in Great Neck in 2022 was $56,199, which is upper middle income relative to New York, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $224,796 for a family of four. However, Great Neck contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Great Neck is a very ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Great Neck home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Great Neck residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Great Neck also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.93% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Great Neck include Iranian, Eastern European, Irish, Polish, and Russian.

In addition, Great Neck has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (29.74%).

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