Centre Island vs Cove Neck

A side-by-side comparison of Centre Island and Cove Neck: population, income, housing, and more.

Centre Island and Cove Neck are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Centre Island has the higher population (308 vs 255 in Cove Neck). Cove Neck has the higher median household income ($214,107 vs $213,542 in Centre Island). Cove Neck has the higher median home value ($1,781,300 vs $1,652,800 in Centre Island).

Population, income & housing

	Centre Island	Cove Neck
Population	308	255
Median age	58.8 yrs	53.3 yrs
Median household income	$213,542	$214,107
Median home value	$1,652,800	$1,781,300
Median gross rent	—	$3,156
Housing units	192	114
Homeownership rate	93.0%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.7%	69.7%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centre Island	Cove Neck
Population	446 → 308 (-30.9%)	268 → 255 (-4.9%)
Median household income	$168,750 → $213,542 (+26.5%)	$158,750 → $214,107 (+34.9%)
Median home value	$1,508,900 → $1,652,800 (+9.5%)	$2,000,001 → $1,781,300 (-10.9%)
Median gross rent	$3,501 → $3,501 (+0.0%)	$2,795 → $3,156 (+12.9%)

Centre Island

Population

446308

Median household income

$168,750$213,542

Median home value

$1,508,900$1,652,800

Median gross rent

$3,501$3,501

Cove Neck

Population

268255

Median household income

$158,750$214,107

Median home value

$2,000,001$1,781,300

Median gross rent

$2,795$3,156

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centre Island	Cove Neck
Under 5	2.3%	1.2%
5 to 17	13.0%	11.4%
18 to 24	6.5%	14.9%
25 to 34	0.6%	5.1%
35 to 44	3.9%	5.1%
45 to 54	12.0%	15.3%
55 to 64	26.6%	14.9%
65 to 74	18.8%	19.6%
75 and over	16.2%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centre Island	Cove Neck
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.6%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centre Island	Cove Neck
No high school diploma	3.7%	1.1%
High school graduate	14.5%	4.3%
Some college or associate's	19.1%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	27.8%	31.4%
Graduate or professional degree	34.9%	38.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centre Island	Cove Neck
Drove alone	50.7%	75.4%
Carpooled	15.8%	0.0%
Public transit	7.5%	8.0%
Walked	2.7%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.3%	11.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centre Island	Cove Neck
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Centre Island	Cove Neck
Poverty rate	16.2%	5.1%
Average household size	2.39	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	44	35
Median year structure built	1961	1959