East Rockaway, New York

East Rockaway population, 2020 to 2024

East Rockaway lost 23 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.2%. In the latest year it moved by +22. Among 170 New York places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 75th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in New York has 10,324 people, so East Rockaway is 97% of it.

East Rockaway covers 1.02 square miles of land, for 9,867 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so East Rockaway is denser than the typical town.

What county East Rockaway is in

All of East Rockaway's residents live in Nassau County, which had 1,392,438 residents in 2024. East Rockaway holds 0.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in East Rockaway

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps East Rockaway by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 11518. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where East Rockaway is

The Census internal point of East Rockaway is at 40.643800, -73.667100. Albany, the capital, is 138.9 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lynbrook, NY (20,684 people), 1.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is New York, NY, 14.3 miles away.

Daylight in East Rockaway

At 40.64° N, East Rockaway gets about 15 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 16 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 50 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near East Rockaway

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Lynbrook, 1.0 miles away, with 20,684 people.