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.Glen Head is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 86.57% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Glen Head is a town of professionals, managers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Glen Head who work in management occupations (16.32%), teaching (12.48%), and sales jobs (7.64%). 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. A relatively large number of people in Glen Head telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 20.53% 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. 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. One downside of living in Glen Head, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.36 minutes every day commuting to work. However, local public transit is widely used. For those who would prefer to avoid driving entirely and leave their car at home, it may be an option to use the transit instead. 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.If knowledge is power, Glen Head is a pretty powerful place. 60.37% of the adults in Glen Head have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns. 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. Glen Head also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 15.75%. The most common language spoken in Glen Head is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
