Rockville Centre is a medium-sized village located in the state of New York. With a population of 24,573 people and six constituent neighborhoods, Rockville Centre is the 67th largest community in New York.

Rockville Centre is a decidedly white-collar village, with fully 90.56% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Rockville Centre is a village of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Rockville Centre who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.29%), sales jobs (13.92%), and management occupations (12.46%).

Also of interest is that Rockville Centre has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Rockville Centre 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, Rockville Centre is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Rockville Centre really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Rockville Centre perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

In Rockville Centre, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 34.35 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Rockville Centre has quite a few people who use public transportation to get to work each day, primarily riding the train.

Rockville Centre Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Rockville Centre is a pretty powerful place. 50.14% of the adults in Rockville Centre have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Rockville Centre in 2000 was $40,739, which is wealthy relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $162,956 for a family of four.

The people who call Rockville Centre home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Rockville Centre is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Rockville Centre include Irish, Italian, German, Russian, English, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Rockville Centre is English. Some people also speak Spanish.