East Rockaway vs New Hyde Park

A side-by-side comparison of East Rockaway and New Hyde Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

New Hyde Park has the higher population (10,208 vs 10,064 in East Rockaway). New Hyde Park has the higher median household income ($146,571 vs $112,415 in East Rockaway). New Hyde Park has the higher median home value ($700,400 vs $623,500 in East Rockaway).

Population, income & housing

	East Rockaway	New Hyde Park
Population	10,064	10,208
Median age	41.9 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$112,415	$146,571
Median home value	$623,500	$700,400
Median gross rent	$2,297	$1,634
Housing units	3,968	3,683
Homeownership rate	72.8%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.9%	50.1%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Rockaway	New Hyde Park
Population	9,816 → 10,064 (+2.5%)	9,841 → 10,208 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$97,419 → $112,415 (+15.4%)	$136,500 → $146,571 (+7.4%)
Median home value	$470,600 → $623,500 (+32.5%)	$580,300 → $700,400 (+20.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,679 → $2,297 (+36.8%)	$1,659 → $1,634 (-1.5%)

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

New Hyde Park

Population

9,84110,208

Median household income

$136,500$146,571

Median home value

$580,300$700,400

Median gross rent

$1,659$1,634

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Rockaway	New Hyde Park
Under 5	3.6%	4.8%
5 to 17	18.6%	14.5%
18 to 24	6.4%	7.3%
25 to 34	11.2%	10.1%
35 to 44	14.3%	15.9%
45 to 54	12.9%	13.7%
55 to 64	15.3%	15.1%
65 to 74	10.5%	10.3%
75 and over	7.2%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Rockaway	New Hyde Park
White (non-Hispanic)	77.7%	49.6%
Black or African American	4.8%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	3.5%	29.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.6%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	12.1%	12.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Rockaway	New Hyde Park
No high school diploma	8.1%	8.5%
High school graduate	21.3%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	21.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.3%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	23.6%	23.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Rockaway	New Hyde Park
Drove alone	69.9%	57.0%
Carpooled	1.2%	9.9%
Public transit	12.5%	11.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.7%	19.4%
Other means	1.7%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Rockaway	New Hyde Park
1-unit, detached	57.9%	84.5%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	25.4%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	2.1%
20 or more units	10.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	East Rockaway	New Hyde Park
Poverty rate	2.1%	4.0%
Average household size	2.61	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	35	38
Median year structure built	1951	1951