Garden City vs Massapequa

A side-by-side comparison of Garden City and Massapequa: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Garden City has the higher population (22,866 vs 21,822 in Massapequa). Garden City has the higher median household income ($228,807 vs $179,844 in Massapequa). Garden City has the higher median home value ($1,063,300 vs $661,900 in Massapequa).

Population, income & housing

	Garden City	Massapequa
Population	22,866	21,822
Median age	41.6 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$228,807	$179,844
Median home value	$1,063,300	$661,900
Median gross rent	$3,478	$2,500
Housing units	8,085	7,472
Homeownership rate	92.3%	96.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.2%	51.6%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden City	Massapequa
Population	22,499 → 22,866 (+1.6%)	21,784 → 21,822 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$174,886 → $228,807 (+30.8%)	$132,133 → $179,844 (+36.1%)
Median home value	$860,000 → $1,063,300 (+23.6%)	$536,400 → $661,900 (+23.4%)
Median gross rent	$3,342 → $3,478 (+4.1%)	$2,268 → $2,500 (+10.2%)

Garden City

Population

22,49922,866

Median household income

$174,886$228,807

Median home value

$860,000$1,063,300

Median gross rent

$3,342$3,478

Massapequa

Population

21,78421,822

Median household income

$132,133$179,844

Median home value

$536,400$661,900

Median gross rent

$2,268$2,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden City	Massapequa
Under 5	3.8%	5.4%
5 to 17	21.8%	15.2%
18 to 24	11.4%	7.0%
25 to 34	4.7%	13.2%
35 to 44	14.6%	10.5%
45 to 54	12.9%	15.9%
55 to 64	13.8%	15.7%
65 to 74	9.2%	10.5%
75 and over	7.8%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden City	Massapequa
White (non-Hispanic)	84.2%	87.4%
Black or African American	1.2%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.6%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.3%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden City	Massapequa
No high school diploma	4.1%	2.9%
High school graduate	9.0%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	11.7%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	37.4%	26.5%
Graduate or professional degree	37.8%	25.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden City	Massapequa
Drove alone	51.7%	67.2%
Carpooled	5.5%	4.8%
Public transit	14.9%	10.2%
Walked	2.8%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.2%	14.5%
Other means	0.7%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden City	Massapequa
1-unit, detached	81.5%	96.8%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	0.5%
20 or more units	12.3%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Garden City	Massapequa
Poverty rate	2.8%	2.9%
Average household size	2.85	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	34	37
Median year structure built	1950	1956