Richmond County vs Rockland County

A side-by-side comparison of Richmond County and Rockland County: population, income, housing, and more.

Richmond County and Rockland County are counties in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Richmond County has the higher population (492,734 vs 338,936 in Rockland County). Rockland County has the higher median household income ($110,631 vs $98,290 in Richmond County). Richmond County has the higher median home value ($658,500 vs $564,200 in Rockland County).

Population, income & housing

	Richmond County	Rockland County
Population	492,734	338,936
Median age	40.4 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$98,290	$110,631
Median home value	$658,500	$564,200
Median gross rent	$1,689	$1,826
Housing units	184,074	108,576
Homeownership rate	67.9%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.8%	42.1%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Richmond County	Rockland County
Population	474,893 → 492,734 (+3.8%)	324,422 → 338,936 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$82,783 → $98,290 (+18.7%)	$93,024 → $110,631 (+18.9%)
Median home value	$504,800 → $658,500 (+30.4%)	$443,400 → $564,200 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,319 → $1,689 (+28.1%)	$1,504 → $1,826 (+21.4%)

Richmond County

Population

474,893492,734

Median household income

$82,783$98,290

Median home value

$504,800$658,500

Median gross rent

$1,319$1,689

Rockland County

Population

324,422338,936

Median household income

$93,024$110,631

Median home value

$443,400$564,200

Median gross rent

$1,504$1,826

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Richmond County	Rockland County
Under 5	5.4%	8.5%
5 to 17	16.3%	20.9%
18 to 24	8.1%	9.0%
25 to 34	13.2%	11.5%
35 to 44	12.7%	11.3%
45 to 54	13.3%	11.3%
55 to 64	14.0%	11.8%
65 to 74	10.1%	8.6%
75 and over	6.7%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Richmond County	Rockland County
White (non-Hispanic)	56.6%	60.6%
Black or African American	9.0%	10.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	12.0%	5.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	19.5%	20.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Richmond County	Rockland County
No high school diploma	11.5%	12.3%
High school graduate	29.4%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	23.2%
Graduate or professional degree	14.3%	18.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Richmond County	Rockland County
Drove alone	52.7%	66.3%
Carpooled	9.2%	8.6%
Public transit	24.3%	6.3%
Walked	2.7%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	12.8%
Other means	1.5%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Richmond County	Rockland County
1-unit, detached	34.5%	57.1%
1-unit, attached	25.6%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	26.3%	13.7%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	11.5%
20 or more units	9.9%	8.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Richmond County	Rockland County
Poverty rate	10.9%	15.6%
Average household size	2.86	3.22
Mean commute (minutes)	43	30
Median year structure built	1974	1970