Glen Cove is a medium-sized coastal city (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of New York. With a population of 27,997 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Glen Cove is the 56th largest community in New York.

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

Also of interest is that Glen Cove 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: 8.71% 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.

Glen Cove 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.

Like elsewhere in America, most people in Glen Cove use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of Glen Cove‘s citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding the train. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.

The citizens of Glen Cove are among the most well-educated in the nation: 41.47% of adults in Glen Cove have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Glen Cove in 2022 was $47,676, 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 $190,704 for a family of four. However, Glen Cove contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Glen Cove is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Glen Cove home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Glen Cove residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Glen Cove also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 29.05% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Glen Cove include Italian, Irish, German, Polish, and English.

Glen Cove also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 28.77%.

The most common language spoken in Glen Cove is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.