In addition, Floral Park is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates". Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.
Because of many things, Floral Park is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Floral Park 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 village’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Floral Park has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Floral Park’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.
One downside of living in Floral Park is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Floral Park, the average commute to work is 35.04 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the village, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative. In addition, it is also a pedestrian-friendly village. Many of Floral Park’s neighborhoods are dense enough and have amenities close enough together that people find it feasible to get around on foot.
In Floral Park, a lot of people use the train to get to work every day though Floral Park is a relatively small village. Those that ride the train are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.
If knowledge is power, Floral Park is a pretty powerful place. 60.43% of the adults in Floral Park 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 Floral Park in 2022 was $68,568, which is wealthy relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $274,272 for a family of four.
Floral Park is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Floral Park home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Floral Park residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Floral Park also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.69% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Floral Park include Irish, Italian, German, Polish, and English.
In addition, Floral Park has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (20.43%).
The most common language spoken in Floral Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
