New York · Census place 3663264

Rockville Centre, New York

Rockville Centre is a village in Nassau County, New York with an estimated 25,718 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 37th largest of 419 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
25,718
#37 of 419 in New York
Change since 2020
-0.7%
-177 people
Land area
3.3 sq mi
+ 0.09 sq mi water
Density
7,913 / sq mi
State median 3,760
Orange pin: Rockville Centre. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Albany.

Rockville Centre population, 2020 to 2024

Rockville Centre lost 177 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.7%. In the latest year it moved by +70. Among 170 New York places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 95th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in New York has 10,324 people, so Rockville Centre is 2.5 times that size.

25.9k202025.9k202125.7k202225.6k202325.7k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 26,005. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Rockville Centre covers 3.25 square miles of land and 0.09 of water, for 7,913 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so Rockville Centre is denser than the typical town.

What county Rockville Centre is in

All of Rockville Centre's residents live in Nassau County, which had 1,392,438 residents in 2024. Rockville Centre holds 1.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Rockville Centre

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Rockville Centre by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 11570. 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 Rockville Centre is

The Census internal point of Rockville Centre is at 40.664000, -73.638000. Albany, the capital, is 137.6 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Freeport, NY (44,028 people), 2.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is New York, NY, 15.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.664000, -73.638000
DMS
40°39'50.40"N 73°38'16.80"W
UTM
18N 615127.7E 4502350.7N
Geohash
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Plus code
87G8M976+HQ

Daylight in Rockville Centre

At 40.66° N, Rockville Centre 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 Rockville Centre

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Malverne, 1.9 miles away, with 8,464 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Rockville Centre, NY?

25,718 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 177 (0.7%) from 25,895 in July 2020.

What county is Rockville Centre in?

Nassau County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Rockville Centre?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 11570.

How far is Rockville Centre from Albany?

137.6 miles (221.4 km) in a straight line, heading N from Rockville Centre.

What is the nearest larger city to Rockville Centre?

Freeport, NY, with 44,028 residents, 2.9 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.