Merrick vs Rockville Centre

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

Merrick 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.

Rockville Centre has the higher population (25,770 vs 21,816 in Merrick). Merrick has the higher median household income ($179,415 vs $144,516 in Rockville Centre). Rockville Centre has the higher median home value ($796,100 vs $715,700 in Merrick).

Population, income & housing

	Merrick	Rockville Centre
Population	21,816	25,770
Median age	41.6 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$179,415	$144,516
Median home value	$715,700	$796,100
Median gross rent	$2,756	$1,790
Housing units	7,331	10,627
Homeownership rate	95.9%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.6%	62.9%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Merrick	Rockville Centre
Population	20,130 → 21,816 (+8.4%)	24,492 → 25,770 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$158,306 → $179,415 (+13.3%)	$113,769 → $144,516 (+27.0%)
Median home value	$573,200 → $715,700 (+24.9%)	$651,700 → $796,100 (+22.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,208 → $2,756 (+24.8%)	$1,622 → $1,790 (+10.4%)

Merrick

Population

20,13021,816

Median household income

$158,306$179,415

Median home value

$573,200$715,700

Median gross rent

$2,208$2,756

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)

	Merrick	Rockville Centre
Under 5	6.6%	4.8%
5 to 17	17.3%	18.4%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.2%
25 to 34	7.9%	9.1%
35 to 44	16.1%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.3%
55 to 64	16.3%	16.4%
65 to 74	11.5%	12.4%
75 and over	6.3%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Merrick	Rockville Centre
White (non-Hispanic)	81.2%	77.2%
Black or African American	1.6%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	5.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	10.3%	10.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Merrick	Rockville Centre
No high school diploma	5.2%	4.1%
High school graduate	15.9%	14.1%
Some college or associate's	17.3%	18.9%
Bachelor's degree	34.2%	32.3%
Graduate or professional degree	27.4%	30.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Merrick	Rockville Centre
Drove alone	56.4%	49.3%
Carpooled	5.1%	4.9%
Public transit	15.0%	15.9%
Walked	0.5%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	21.5%	25.5%
Other means	1.6%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Merrick	Rockville Centre
1-unit, detached	95.7%	59.8%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	7.9%
20 or more units	0.1%	24.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Merrick	Rockville Centre
Poverty rate	2.6%	5.0%
Average household size	3.00	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	38	37
Median year structure built	1956	1944