Bethpage vs Massapequa Park

A side-by-side comparison of Bethpage and Massapequa Park: population, income, housing, and more.

Bethpage and Massapequa Park are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bethpage has the higher population (17,334 vs 16,985 in Massapequa Park). Massapequa Park has the higher median household income ($170,470 vs $132,832 in Bethpage). Massapequa Park has the higher median home value ($626,300 vs $597,400 in Bethpage).

Population, income & housing

	Bethpage	Massapequa Park
Population	17,334	16,985
Median age	47.8 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$132,832	$170,470
Median home value	$597,400	$626,300
Median gross rent	$1,492	$2,886
Housing units	6,045	5,984
Homeownership rate	91.8%	98.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.8%	53.7%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethpage	Massapequa Park
Population	17,627 → 17,334 (-1.7%)	17,193 → 16,985 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$123,427 → $132,832 (+7.6%)	$129,525 → $170,470 (+31.6%)
Median home value	$471,600 → $597,400 (+26.7%)	$471,200 → $626,300 (+32.9%)
Median gross rent	$2,055 → $1,492 (-27.4%)	$1,931 → $2,886 (+49.5%)

Bethpage

Population

17,62717,334

Median household income

$123,427$132,832

Median home value

$471,600$597,400

Median gross rent

$2,055$1,492

Massapequa Park

Population

17,19316,985

Median household income

$129,525$170,470

Median home value

$471,200$626,300

Median gross rent

$1,931$2,886

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethpage	Massapequa Park
Under 5	4.4%	6.5%
5 to 17	15.5%	14.4%
18 to 24	7.5%	8.2%
25 to 34	9.4%	10.8%
35 to 44	9.9%	13.5%
45 to 54	13.8%	12.2%
55 to 64	16.6%	15.0%
65 to 74	12.7%	11.8%
75 and over	10.2%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethpage	Massapequa Park
White (non-Hispanic)	72.9%	88.8%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	13.4%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	1.4%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	11.3%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethpage	Massapequa Park
No high school diploma	6.3%	2.5%
High school graduate	23.5%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	24.5%	27.2%
Graduate or professional degree	19.3%	26.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethpage	Massapequa Park
Drove alone	64.4%	70.4%
Carpooled	8.3%	5.3%
Public transit	9.0%	8.4%
Walked	2.2%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.4%	14.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethpage	Massapequa Park
1-unit, detached	79.5%	94.7%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	0.7%
20 or more units	6.3%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Bethpage	Massapequa Park
Poverty rate	3.8%	5.0%
Average household size	2.90	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	34	34
Median year structure built	1958	1956