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East Rockaway, NY

10,077 Population
1 square miles 9,898.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.5 ±3.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 39.5 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$66,941 ±$7,013 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $55,691 ±$257
  • about 1.3 times the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$124,929 ±$16,509 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $99,155 ±$487
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

2.6% ±1.6% (251  ±157) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 12.7% 2,467,089 (±0.1% / ±26,454)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

38.6 minutes ±4.1 (171,545  ±26,489) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 35.6 281,580,540 (±0.1 / ±916,581)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,806 ±292 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 7,409,947 ±10,406
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.2 (9,958  ±35) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.6 19,385,342
  • a little higher than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

0.8% ±1.3% (23  ±37) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 4.9% 231,244 (±0.1% / ±4,356)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,095 ±338 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 8,038,666 ±1,324
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$621,300 ±$40,811 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $614,200 ±$1,348
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.9% ±3.7% (694  ±372) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 9.2% 1,801,060 (±0.1% / ±19,484.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.5% ±7.8% (6,708  ±675) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 87.6% 12,241,344 (±0.2% / ±31,374.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
51.2% ±6.2% (3,633  ±487.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 44.2% 6,168,034 (±0.2% / ±20,817.9)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

13.9% ±3.9% (1,398  ±392) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 30.1% 5,952,555
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4% ±2% (312  ±160) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.6% 411,464 (±0% / ±5,611)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
312 Total veterans ±160 286 Male ±138 26 Female ±44

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