Nesconset vs Rocky Point

A side-by-side comparison of Nesconset and Rocky Point: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rocky Point has the higher population (13,931 vs 13,344 in Nesconset). Nesconset has the higher median household income ($148,291 vs $124,615 in Rocky Point). Nesconset has the higher median home value ($627,300 vs $417,400 in Rocky Point).

Population, income & housing

	Nesconset	Rocky Point
Population	13,344	13,931
Median age	44.1 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$148,291	$124,615
Median home value	$627,300	$417,400
Median gross rent	$3,044	$1,970
Housing units	4,723	5,359
Homeownership rate	84.0%	93.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.0%	39.7%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nesconset	Rocky Point
Population	13,293 → 13,344 (+0.4%)	13,521 → 13,931 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$125,245 → $148,291 (+18.4%)	$98,913 → $124,615 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$458,500 → $627,300 (+36.8%)	$301,400 → $417,400 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$2,282 → $3,044 (+33.4%)	$1,517 → $1,970 (+29.9%)

Nesconset

Population

13,29313,344

Median household income

$125,245$148,291

Median home value

$458,500$627,300

Median gross rent

$2,282$3,044

Rocky Point

Population

13,52113,931

Median household income

$98,913$124,615

Median home value

$301,400$417,400

Median gross rent

$1,517$1,970

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nesconset	Rocky Point
Under 5	2.8%	6.7%
5 to 17	15.6%	17.0%
18 to 24	12.6%	8.4%
25 to 34	9.0%	13.3%
35 to 44	11.2%	10.7%
45 to 54	16.2%	18.7%
55 to 64	18.3%	12.2%
65 to 74	7.4%	7.8%
75 and over	6.7%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nesconset	Rocky Point
White (non-Hispanic)	76.8%	76.5%
Black or African American	2.9%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.6%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.4%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	11.3%	17.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nesconset	Rocky Point
No high school diploma	4.4%	4.4%
High school graduate	22.0%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	25.0%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	25.0%	17.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nesconset	Rocky Point
Drove alone	74.4%	82.2%
Carpooled	4.7%	6.5%
Public transit	4.0%	2.7%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.2%	7.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nesconset	Rocky Point
1-unit, detached	81.3%	93.9%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	2.2%
20 or more units	3.1%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Nesconset	Rocky Point
Poverty rate	6.3%	2.9%
Average household size	2.83	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	36	36
Median year structure built	1976	1965