Because of many things, Rocky Point 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, Rocky Point really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Rocky Point 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.
Rocky Point is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.
In Rocky Point, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 34.79 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
The education level of Rocky Point citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 36.76% of adults in Rocky Point have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Rocky Point in 2018 was $51,803, which is upper middle income relative to New York, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $207,212 for a family of four.
Rocky Point is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Rocky Point home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rocky Point residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Rocky Point also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.71% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Rocky Point include Italian, Irish, German, Polish, and English.
The most common language spoken in Rocky Point is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Greek.
