Plainview vs Rockville Centre

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

Plainview 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.

Plainview has the higher population (26,251 vs 25,770 in Rockville Centre). Plainview has the higher median household income ($185,531 vs $144,516 in Rockville Centre). Rockville Centre has the higher median home value ($796,100 vs $729,100 in Plainview).

Population, income & housing

	Plainview	Rockville Centre
Population	26,251	25,770
Median age	44.3 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$185,531	$144,516
Median home value	$729,100	$796,100
Median gross rent	$3,026	$1,790
Housing units	9,136	10,627
Homeownership rate	92.1%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.7%	62.9%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plainview	Rockville Centre
Population	26,453 → 26,251 (-0.8%)	24,492 → 25,770 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$146,853 → $185,531 (+26.3%)	$113,769 → $144,516 (+27.0%)
Median home value	$594,000 → $729,100 (+22.7%)	$651,700 → $796,100 (+22.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,566 → $3,026 (+93.2%)	$1,622 → $1,790 (+10.4%)

Plainview

Population

26,45326,251

Median household income

$146,853$185,531

Median home value

$594,000$729,100

Median gross rent

$1,566$3,026

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)

	Plainview	Rockville Centre
Under 5	4.6%	4.8%
5 to 17	18.7%	18.4%
18 to 24	7.5%	6.2%
25 to 34	7.4%	9.1%
35 to 44	12.5%	12.7%
45 to 54	13.6%	12.3%
55 to 64	13.7%	16.4%
65 to 74	12.7%	12.4%
75 and over	9.3%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plainview	Rockville Centre
White (non-Hispanic)	72.1%	77.2%
Black or African American	0.4%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	21.0%	5.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.9%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	10.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plainview	Rockville Centre
No high school diploma	4.0%	4.1%
High school graduate	13.0%	14.1%
Some college or associate's	14.2%	18.9%
Bachelor's degree	33.5%	32.3%
Graduate or professional degree	35.3%	30.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plainview	Rockville Centre
Drove alone	61.2%	49.3%
Carpooled	5.6%	4.9%
Public transit	10.0%	15.9%
Walked	0.2%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.4%
Worked from home	22.2%	25.5%
Other means	0.5%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plainview	Rockville Centre
1-unit, detached	90.5%	59.8%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	7.9%
20 or more units	2.6%	24.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Plainview	Rockville Centre
Poverty rate	2.7%	5.0%
Average household size	2.95	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	35	37
Median year structure built	1957	1944