Cost of living in Garden City, New York
Garden City, New York has about 22,941 people. Typical rent is $3,265 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $244,152 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.
Ranked #130 in New York on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.
Simple answer
Typical rent is $3,265 a month.
Garden City is a village in New York. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $244,152 a year.
- People
- 22,941
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $3,265
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $244,152
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $1,075,900
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $2,689
- Nassau-Suffolk, NY HUD Metro FMR Area
Garden City, New York has about 22,941 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $1,075,900.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Nassau County is $2,689 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Garden City. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.
In the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area, prices sit at 112.6 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.
New York taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 8.5% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Garden City's exact store tax.
Some places in New York add a local wage tax. In 2023 the state average was about 1.60% of income. That is not a Garden City bill.
In July 2026, a typical New York home paid 29.90¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Garden City's bill.
In 2025, all-grades gas in New York averaged $3.18 a gallon. EIA prints this yearly price for only some states.
Among 745 places we list in New York with a rent figure, 35 have higher typical rent than Garden City.
Nearby places
- Garden City South
Typical rent $2,638
Compare with Garden City - Mineola
Typical rent $2,415
Compare with Garden City - Garden City Park
Typical rent $2,009
Compare with Garden City - Hempstead
Typical rent $1,622
Compare with Garden City - West Hempstead
Typical rent $2,967
Compare with Garden City - Stewart Manor
Typical rent $1,921
Compare with Garden City - New Hyde Park
Typical rent $2,172
- Williston Park
Typical rent $2,171
EBT nearby
USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.
Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.
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Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.