Riverhead vs Rocky Point

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

Riverhead 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.

Riverhead has the higher population (15,073 vs 13,931 in Rocky Point). Rocky Point has the higher median household income ($124,615 vs $83,521 in Riverhead). Riverhead has the higher median home value ($449,000 vs $417,400 in Rocky Point).

Population, income & housing

	Riverhead	Rocky Point
Population	15,073	13,931
Median age	44.1 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$83,521	$124,615
Median home value	$449,000	$417,400
Median gross rent	$2,208	$1,970
Housing units	5,463	5,359
Homeownership rate	60.7%	93.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	39.7%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Riverhead	Rocky Point
Population	14,196 → 15,073 (+6.2%)	13,521 → 13,931 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$52,126 → $83,521 (+60.2%)	$98,913 → $124,615 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$334,100 → $449,000 (+34.4%)	$301,400 → $417,400 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,385 → $2,208 (+59.4%)	$1,517 → $1,970 (+29.9%)

Riverhead

Population

14,19615,073

Median household income

$52,126$83,521

Median home value

$334,100$449,000

Median gross rent

$1,385$2,208

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)

	Riverhead	Rocky Point
Under 5	6.5%	6.7%
5 to 17	15.7%	17.0%
18 to 24	7.4%	8.4%
25 to 34	13.9%	13.3%
35 to 44	8.6%	10.7%
45 to 54	9.3%	18.7%
55 to 64	13.8%	12.2%
65 to 74	16.7%	7.8%
75 and over	8.1%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Riverhead	Rocky Point
White (non-Hispanic)	42.9%	76.5%
Black or African American	12.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.6%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	33.1%	17.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Riverhead	Rocky Point
No high school diploma	24.9%	4.4%
High school graduate	34.5%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	17.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Riverhead	Rocky Point
Drove alone	82.6%	82.2%
Carpooled	7.8%	6.5%
Public transit	0.4%	2.7%
Walked	3.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	7.8%
Other means	1.8%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Riverhead	Rocky Point
1-unit, detached	55.5%	93.9%
1-unit, attached	17.2%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	2.2%
20 or more units	2.8%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Riverhead	Rocky Point
Poverty rate	10.4%	2.9%
Average household size	2.89	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	28	36
Median year structure built	1988	1965