Kensington vs Roslyn Estates

A side-by-side comparison of Kensington and Roslyn Estates: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Roslyn Estates has the higher population (1,536 vs 1,462 in Kensington). Roslyn Estates has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $217,679 in Kensington). Roslyn Estates has the higher median home value ($1,818,500 vs $1,413,500 in Kensington).

Population, income & housing

	Kensington	Roslyn Estates
Population	1,462	1,536
Median age	42.5 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$217,679	$250,001
Median home value	$1,413,500	$1,818,500
Housing units	484	491
Homeownership rate	97.6%	98.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.4%	80.3%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kensington	Roslyn Estates
Population	1,368 → 1,462 (+6.9%)	1,257 → 1,536 (+22.2%)
Median household income	$180,750 → $217,679 (+20.4%)	$250,001 → $250,001 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$1,310,700 → $1,413,500 (+7.8%)	$1,299,400 → $1,818,500 (+39.9%)

Kensington

Population

1,3681,462

Median household income

$180,750$217,679

Median home value

$1,310,700$1,413,500

Roslyn Estates

Population

1,2571,536

Median household income

$250,001$250,001

Median home value

$1,299,400$1,818,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kensington	Roslyn Estates
Under 5	8.4%	4.4%
5 to 17	23.8%	24.0%
18 to 24	4.8%	4.0%
25 to 34	5.7%	6.4%
35 to 44	9.8%	16.4%
45 to 54	11.8%	10.9%
55 to 64	12.6%	18.5%
65 to 74	9.2%	8.9%
75 and over	14.0%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kensington	Roslyn Estates
White (non-Hispanic)	63.9%	83.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	30.2%	8.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.9%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kensington	Roslyn Estates
No high school diploma	3.6%	1.3%
High school graduate	9.0%	4.5%
Some college or associate's	12.1%	13.9%
Bachelor's degree	34.5%	39.3%
Graduate or professional degree	40.8%	41.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kensington	Roslyn Estates
Drove alone	30.4%	63.9%
Carpooled	4.8%	4.5%
Public transit	30.2%	16.5%
Walked	3.9%	0.9%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.3%	13.3%
Other means	1.8%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kensington	Roslyn Estates
1-unit, detached	79.5%	99.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	20.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Kensington	Roslyn Estates
Poverty rate	8.2%	8.4%
Average household size	3.13	3.28
Mean commute (minutes)	41	45
Median year structure built	1938	1954