Rockville Centre is a medium-sized village located in the state of New York. With a population of 25,814 people and six constituent neighborhoods, Rockville Centre is the 67th largest community in New York.
Rockville Centre home prices are not only among the most expensive in New York, but Rockville Centre real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.
Rockville Centre is a decidedly white-collar village, with fully 93.20% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Rockville Centre is a village of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Rockville Centre who work in management occupations (13.56%), sales jobs (12.37%), and teaching (11.59%).
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.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 12.83% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
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 nightlife, 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.
One downside of living in Rockville Centre is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Rockville Centre, the average commute to work is 35.75 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 Rockville Centre’s neighborhoods are dense enough and have amenities close enough together that people find it feasible to get around on foot.
For the size of the village, public transportation in Rockville Centre is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the train. For Rockville Centre, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.
Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Rockville Centre. 60.44% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 21.84%.
The per capita income in Rockville Centre in 2018 was $67,251, which is wealthy relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $269,004 for a family of four.
Rockville Centre is a somewhat ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Rockville Centre home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rockville Centre residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Rockville Centre include Irish, Italian, German, Polish, and English.
The most common language spoken in Rockville Centre is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.