In addition, Rockville Centre is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates". Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.
Because of many things, Rockville Centre is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Rockville Centre really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Rockville Centre perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
One downside of living in Rockville Centre, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 34.79 minutes every day commuting to work. It is, however, a pedestrian-friendly village. Many of its neighborhoods are dense enough and have amenities close enough together that people find it feasible to get around on foot. In addition, local public transit is widely used. For those who would prefer to avoid driving entirely and leave their car at home, it may be an option to use the transit instead.
Like elsewhere in America, most people in Rockville Centre use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of Rockville Centre‘s citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding the train. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.
If knowledge is power, Rockville Centre is a pretty powerful place. 62.51% of the adults in Rockville Centre have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns.
The per capita income in Rockville Centre in 2022 was $77,776, which is wealthy relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $311,104 for a family of four.
Rockville Centre is a very ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Rockville Centre home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rockville Centre residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Rockville Centre include Irish, Italian, German, English, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Rockville Centre is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
