Rocky Point vs St. James

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

Rocky Point and St. James 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 13,680 in St. James). St. James has the higher median household income ($130,556 vs $124,615 in Rocky Point). St. James has the higher median home value ($632,900 vs $417,400 in Rocky Point).

Population, income & housing

	Rocky Point	St. James
Population	13,931	13,680
Median age	38.9 yrs	47.4 yrs
Median household income	$124,615	$130,556
Median home value	$417,400	$632,900
Median gross rent	$1,970	$2,192
Housing units	5,359	5,095
Homeownership rate	93.2%	87.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.7%	49.1%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rocky Point	St. James
Population	13,521 → 13,931 (+3.0%)	13,671 → 13,680 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$98,913 → $124,615 (+26.0%)	$115,580 → $130,556 (+13.0%)
Median home value	$301,400 → $417,400 (+38.5%)	$459,600 → $632,900 (+37.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,517 → $1,970 (+29.9%)	$1,808 → $2,192 (+21.2%)

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

St. James

Population

13,67113,680

Median household income

$115,580$130,556

Median home value

$459,600$632,900

Median gross rent

$1,808$2,192

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rocky Point	St. James
Under 5	6.7%	2.8%
5 to 17	17.0%	16.2%
18 to 24	8.4%	9.6%
25 to 34	13.3%	10.0%
35 to 44	10.7%	9.1%
45 to 54	18.7%	13.3%
55 to 64	12.2%	17.6%
65 to 74	7.8%	11.9%
75 and over	5.2%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rocky Point	St. James
White (non-Hispanic)	76.5%	81.7%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	4.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.5%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	17.5%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rocky Point	St. James
No high school diploma	4.4%	3.7%
High school graduate	27.0%	20.9%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	24.6%
Graduate or professional degree	17.9%	24.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rocky Point	St. James
Drove alone	82.2%	80.2%
Carpooled	6.5%	4.3%
Public transit	2.7%	2.6%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	10.9%
Other means	0.8%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rocky Point	St. James
1-unit, detached	93.9%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	11.1%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	9.9%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Rocky Point	St. James
Poverty rate	2.9%	2.9%
Average household size	2.72	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	36	30
Median year structure built	1965	1969