Rockville Centre, NY
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LIVING IN ROCKVILLE CENTRE
Rockville Centre is a medium-sized village located in the state of New York. With a population of 26,016 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.
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.
A relatively large number of people in Rockville Centre telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 12.83% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.
In Rockville Centre, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 35.75 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit. In addition, the village is also quite pedestrian-friendly, because many neighborhoods are very dense and have amenities close enough together that people find it feasible to get around on foot.
Although the majority of commuting trips in the village are by private automobile, Rockville Centre is somewhat unusual for a village of its size for having a substantial number of people who use public transportation. For a lot of people, the train helps to get to and from their jobs every morning, which benefits everyone in the Rockville Centre area by reducing both traffic and air pollution.
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.