East Rockaway vs Great Neck

A side-by-side comparison of East Rockaway and Great Neck: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Great Neck has the higher population (11,068 vs 10,064 in East Rockaway). Great Neck has the higher median household income ($137,095 vs $112,415 in East Rockaway). Great Neck has the higher median home value ($953,400 vs $623,500 in East Rockaway).

Population, income & housing

	East Rockaway	Great Neck
Population	10,064	11,068
Median age	41.9 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$112,415	$137,095
Median home value	$623,500	$953,400
Median gross rent	$2,297	$2,195
Housing units	3,968	3,724
Homeownership rate	72.8%	70.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.9%	58.4%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Rockaway	Great Neck
Population	9,816 → 10,064 (+2.5%)	10,205 → 11,068 (+8.5%)
Median household income	$97,419 → $112,415 (+15.4%)	$100,766 → $137,095 (+36.1%)
Median home value	$470,600 → $623,500 (+32.5%)	$843,700 → $953,400 (+13.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,679 → $2,297 (+36.8%)	$2,049 → $2,195 (+7.1%)

East Rockaway

Population

9,81610,064

Median household income

$97,419$112,415

Median home value

$470,600$623,500

Median gross rent

$1,679$2,297

Great Neck

Population

10,20511,068

Median household income

$100,766$137,095

Median home value

$843,700$953,400

Median gross rent

$2,049$2,195

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Rockaway	Great Neck
Under 5	3.6%	11.3%
5 to 17	18.6%	22.9%
18 to 24	6.4%	6.0%
25 to 34	11.2%	10.2%
35 to 44	14.3%	11.5%
45 to 54	12.9%	7.3%
55 to 64	15.3%	12.0%
65 to 74	10.5%	10.2%
75 and over	7.2%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Rockaway	Great Neck
White (non-Hispanic)	77.7%	67.2%
Black or African American	4.8%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.5%	17.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	2.5%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	12.1%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Rockaway	Great Neck
No high school diploma	8.1%	10.0%
High school graduate	21.3%	14.3%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	17.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.3%	30.2%
Graduate or professional degree	23.6%	28.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Rockaway	Great Neck
Drove alone	69.9%	48.7%
Carpooled	1.2%	6.5%
Public transit	12.5%	27.1%
Walked	0.0%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.7%	11.2%
Other means	1.7%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Rockaway	Great Neck
1-unit, detached	57.9%	67.2%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	25.4%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	3.3%
20 or more units	10.0%	24.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	East Rockaway	Great Neck
Poverty rate	2.1%	7.2%
Average household size	2.61	3.31
Mean commute (minutes)	35	38
Median year structure built	1951	1952