Glen Head is a very small town located in the state of New York. With a population of 4,837 people and two associated neighborhoods, Glen Head is the 335th largest community in New York.
Glen Head home prices are not only among the most expensive in New York, but Glen Head real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.
Also of interest is that Glen Head has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 20.53% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.
Because of many things, Glen Head 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, Glen Head really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Glen Head 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.
In Glen Head, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.36 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 Glen Head, a lot of people use the train to get to work every day though Glen Head is a relatively small town. Those that ride the train are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.
Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Glen Head. 60.37% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 21.84%.
The per capita income in Glen Head in 2022 was $74,694, which is wealthy relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $298,776 for a family of four. However, Glen Head contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Glen Head is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Glen Head home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Glen Head residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Glen Head also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.10% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Glen Head include Italian, German, Irish, Polish, and Russian.
In addition, Glen Head has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (15.75%).
The most common language spoken in Glen Head is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.