Glen Cove vs Rockville Centre

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

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

Glen Cove has the higher population (28,101 vs 25,770 in Rockville Centre). Rockville Centre has the higher median household income ($144,516 vs $91,355 in Glen Cove). Rockville Centre has the higher median home value ($796,100 vs $654,500 in Glen Cove).

Population, income & housing

	Glen Cove	Rockville Centre
Population	28,101	25,770
Median age	43.1 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$91,355	$144,516
Median home value	$654,500	$796,100
Median gross rent	$2,349	$1,790
Housing units	11,066	10,627
Homeownership rate	53.8%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.0%	62.9%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glen Cove	Rockville Centre
Population	27,232 → 28,101 (+3.2%)	24,492 → 25,770 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$80,702 → $91,355 (+13.2%)	$113,769 → $144,516 (+27.0%)
Median home value	$508,300 → $654,500 (+28.8%)	$651,700 → $796,100 (+22.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,802 → $2,349 (+30.4%)	$1,622 → $1,790 (+10.4%)

Glen Cove

Population

27,23228,101

Median household income

$80,702$91,355

Median home value

$508,300$654,500

Median gross rent

$1,802$2,349

Rockville Centre

Population

24,49225,770

Median household income

$113,769$144,516

Median home value

$651,700$796,100

Median gross rent

$1,622$1,790

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glen Cove	Rockville Centre
Under 5	5.3%	4.8%
5 to 17	13.0%	18.4%
18 to 24	8.9%	6.2%
25 to 34	13.2%	9.1%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.7%
45 to 54	12.8%	12.3%
55 to 64	12.9%	16.4%
65 to 74	12.5%	12.4%
75 and over	9.2%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glen Cove	Rockville Centre
White (non-Hispanic)	55.1%	77.2%
Black or African American	3.8%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	4.8%	5.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	33.7%	10.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glen Cove	Rockville Centre
No high school diploma	14.1%	4.1%
High school graduate	24.9%	14.1%
Some college or associate's	20.9%	18.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.4%	32.3%
Graduate or professional degree	15.6%	30.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glen Cove	Rockville Centre
Drove alone	69.4%	49.3%
Carpooled	7.4%	4.9%
Public transit	9.4%	15.9%
Walked	3.1%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	8.8%	25.5%
Other means	1.9%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glen Cove	Rockville Centre
1-unit, detached	49.9%	59.8%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	20.6%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	7.9%
20 or more units	20.0%	24.5%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Glen Cove	Rockville Centre
Poverty rate	13.3%	5.0%
Average household size	2.58	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	30	37
Median year structure built	1960	1944