Kew Gardens remains a densely populated residential community, but Kew Gardens is increasingly becoming a upper class residential area, with a mix of one-family homes above the million-dollar range, complex apartments, co-ops and others converted and on the way or being converted as condominiums.
The neighborhood also has many airline personnel because of its proximity to the MTA's bus line to John F. Kennedy International Airport, as well as to Delta Air Lines and other airlines' special shuttles that serve pilots and flight attendants staying in Kew Gardens.