East Rockaway vs Plainedge

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

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

East Rockaway has the higher population (10,064 vs 8,930 in Plainedge). Plainedge has the higher median household income ($155,670 vs $112,415 in East Rockaway). East Rockaway has the higher median home value ($623,500 vs $592,000 in Plainedge).

Population, income & housing

	East Rockaway	Plainedge
Population	10,064	8,930
Median age	41.9 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$112,415	$155,670
Median home value	$623,500	$592,000
Median gross rent	$2,297	$3,261
Housing units	3,968	2,851
Homeownership rate	72.8%	92.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.9%	40.7%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Rockaway	Plainedge
Population	9,816 → 10,064 (+2.5%)	8,975 → 8,930 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$97,419 → $112,415 (+15.4%)	$123,500 → $155,670 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$470,600 → $623,500 (+32.5%)	$430,700 → $592,000 (+37.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,679 → $2,297 (+36.8%)	$1,946 → $3,261 (+67.6%)

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

Plainedge

Population

8,9758,930

Median household income

$123,500$155,670

Median home value

$430,700$592,000

Median gross rent

$1,946$3,261

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Rockaway	Plainedge
Under 5	3.6%	7.3%
5 to 17	18.6%	13.8%
18 to 24	6.4%	6.8%
25 to 34	11.2%	16.1%
35 to 44	14.3%	12.3%
45 to 54	12.9%	13.3%
55 to 64	15.3%	13.4%
65 to 74	10.5%	8.2%
75 and over	7.2%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Rockaway	Plainedge
White (non-Hispanic)	77.7%	71.3%
Black or African American	4.8%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.5%	14.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	12.1%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Rockaway	Plainedge
No high school diploma	8.1%	7.6%
High school graduate	21.3%	26.2%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	23.3%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	23.6%	17.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Rockaway	Plainedge
Drove alone	69.9%	77.5%
Carpooled	1.2%	3.9%
Public transit	12.5%	8.8%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.7%	8.1%
Other means	1.7%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Rockaway	Plainedge
1-unit, detached	57.9%	93.2%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	25.4%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	1.3%
20 or more units	10.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	East Rockaway	Plainedge
Poverty rate	2.1%	4.8%
Average household size	2.61	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	35	31
Median year structure built	1951	1956