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 great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Glen Head a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Glen Head has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Glen Head’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country. One downside of living in Glen Head is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Glen Head, the average commute to work is 31.36 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the town, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative. Despite being a small town, Glen Head 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.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.
