East Rockaway vs Woodbury

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

East Rockaway and Woodbury 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 9,270 in Woodbury). Woodbury has the higher median household income ($181,667 vs $112,415 in East Rockaway). Woodbury has the higher median home value ($1,004,500 vs $623,500 in East Rockaway).

Population, income & housing

	East Rockaway	Woodbury
Population	10,064	9,270
Median age	41.9 yrs	50.1 yrs
Median household income	$112,415	$181,667
Median home value	$623,500	$1,004,500
Median gross rent	$2,297	$3,315
Housing units	3,968	3,170
Homeownership rate	72.8%	86.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.9%	65.5%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Rockaway	Woodbury
Population	9,816 → 10,064 (+2.5%)	8,852 → 9,270 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$97,419 → $112,415 (+15.4%)	$181,667 → $181,667 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$470,600 → $623,500 (+32.5%)	$842,000 → $1,004,500 (+19.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,679 → $2,297 (+36.8%)	$2,846 → $3,315 (+16.5%)

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

Woodbury

Population

8,8529,270

Median household income

$181,667$181,667

Median home value

$842,000$1,004,500

Median gross rent

$2,846$3,315

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Rockaway	Woodbury
Under 5	3.6%	7.7%
5 to 17	18.6%	12.6%
18 to 24	6.4%	4.5%
25 to 34	11.2%	6.2%
35 to 44	14.3%	14.3%
45 to 54	12.9%	8.2%
55 to 64	15.3%	13.2%
65 to 74	10.5%	14.5%
75 and over	7.2%	18.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Rockaway	Woodbury
White (non-Hispanic)	77.7%	77.0%
Black or African American	4.8%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.5%	15.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.6%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	12.1%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Rockaway	Woodbury
No high school diploma	8.1%	5.1%
High school graduate	21.3%	14.0%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	15.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.3%	35.0%
Graduate or professional degree	23.6%	30.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Rockaway	Woodbury
Drove alone	69.9%	55.6%
Carpooled	1.2%	8.3%
Public transit	12.5%	10.5%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.7%	22.6%
Other means	1.7%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Rockaway	Woodbury
1-unit, detached	57.9%	54.3%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	21.3%
2 to 4 units	25.4%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	13.7%
20 or more units	10.0%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	East Rockaway	Woodbury
Poverty rate	2.1%	5.7%
Average household size	2.61	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	35	35
Median year structure built	1951	1980