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Population (year 2000): 10,185
Males: 5,091 (50.0%), Females: 5,094 (50.0%)
Zip code:
11778
Median resident age: 33.3 years
Median household income: $52,463 (year 2000)
Median house value: $136,600 (year 2000)
Races in Rocky Point:
- White Non-Hispanic (91.9%)
- Hispanic (5.0%)
- Two or more races (1.6%)
- Other race (0.8%)
- Black (0.7%)
- American Indian (0.5%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: Italian (37.3%), Irish (25.5%),
German (20.7%), English (7.7%), Polish (5.6%), French (2.8%).
Land area: 10.3 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Rocky Point
- High school or higher: 90.7%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 20.7%
- Graduate or professional degree: 9.6%
- Unemployed: 3.0%
- Mean travel time to work: 36.5 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Rocky Point CDP
- Never married: 23.9%
- Now married: 60.0%
- Separated: 1.9%
- Widowed: 5.3%
- Divorced: 8.9%
9.0% Foreign born (4.9% Europe, 2.7% Asia, 1.0%
Latin America).
Hospitals/medical centers near Rocky Point:
- JOHN T MATHER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 10 miles;
PORT JEFFERSON, NY)
- ST CHARLES HOSPITAL (about 10 miles; PORT JEFFERSON,
NY)
- BROOKHAVEN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 14 miles;
PATCHOGUE, NY)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Rocky Point:
- LONG ISLAND MAC ARTHUR (about 17 miles; ISLIP, NY;
ID: ISP)
- IGOR I SIKORSKY MEMORIAL (about 19 miles;
BRIDGEPORT, CT; ID: BDR)
- TWEED-NEW HAVEN (about 21 miles; NEW HAVEN, CT; ID:
HVN)
Other public-use airports nearest to Rocky Point:
- BROOKHAVEN (about 11 miles; SHIRLEY, NY; ID: HWV)
- LUFKER (about 16 miles; EAST MORICHES, NY; ID: O00)
- BAYPORT AERODROME (about 17 miles; BAYPORT, NY; ID:
23N)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Rocky Point:
- SUFFOLK COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE-AMMERMAN CAMPUS
(about 10 miles; SELDEN, NY; Full-time enrollment:
6,992)
- SAINT JOSEPHS COLLEGE-SUFFOLK CAMPUS (about 14
miles; PATCHOGUE, NY; FT enrollment: 2,617)
- SUNY AT STONY BROOK (about 21 miles; STONY BROOK,
NY; FT enrollment: 16,829)
- DOWLING COLLEGE (about 21 miles; OAKDALE, NY; FT
enrollment: 3,747)
- UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN (about 23 miles; WEST HAVEN,
CT; FT enrollment: 3,081)
- SUFFOLK COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE-WESTERN CAMPUS
(about 25 miles; BRENTWOOD, NY; FT enrollment: 3,485)
- GATEWAY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 25 miles; NEW
HAVEN, CT; FT enrollment: 2,100)
Public high school in Rocky Point:
- ROCKY POINT HS (Students: 924; Location: 82
ROCKY PT-YPHNK RD; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Rocky Point:
- ROCKY POINT MS (Students: 912; Location: 76
ROCKY PT-YAPHANK R; Grades: 06 - 08)
- FRANK J. CARASITI ES (Students: 879;
Location: 90 ROCKY PT-YPHNK RD; Grades: KG - 02)
- JOSEPH A. EDGAR IS (Students: 879; Location:
525 RT 25A; Grades: 03 - 05)
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