Massapequa Park vs Port Washington

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

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

Port Washington has the higher population (17,613 vs 16,985 in Massapequa Park). Port Washington has the higher median household income ($183,964 vs $170,470 in Massapequa Park). Port Washington has the higher median home value ($976,200 vs $626,300 in Massapequa Park).

Population, income & housing

	Massapequa Park	Port Washington
Population	16,985	17,613
Median age	42.6 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$170,470	$183,964
Median home value	$626,300	$976,200
Median gross rent	$2,886	$2,218
Housing units	5,984	6,312
Homeownership rate	98.0%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.7%	70.1%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Massapequa Park	Port Washington
Population	17,193 → 16,985 (-1.2%)	15,808 → 17,613 (+11.4%)
Median household income	$129,525 → $170,470 (+31.6%)	$141,667 → $183,964 (+29.9%)
Median home value	$471,200 → $626,300 (+32.9%)	$815,300 → $976,200 (+19.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,931 → $2,886 (+49.5%)	$1,881 → $2,218 (+17.9%)

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

Port Washington

Population

15,80817,613

Median household income

$141,667$183,964

Median home value

$815,300$976,200

Median gross rent

$1,881$2,218

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Massapequa Park	Port Washington
Under 5	6.5%	7.4%
5 to 17	14.4%	18.9%
18 to 24	8.2%	4.8%
25 to 34	10.8%	9.2%
35 to 44	13.5%	12.9%
45 to 54	12.2%	14.6%
55 to 64	15.0%	12.3%
65 to 74	11.8%	10.8%
75 and over	7.6%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Massapequa Park	Port Washington
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	68.8%
Black or African American	0.5%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	10.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	15.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Massapequa Park	Port Washington
No high school diploma	2.5%	3.8%
High school graduate	21.2%	12.6%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	13.5%
Bachelor's degree	27.2%	36.4%
Graduate or professional degree	26.5%	33.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Massapequa Park	Port Washington
Drove alone	70.4%	47.3%
Carpooled	5.3%	2.5%
Public transit	8.4%	22.3%
Walked	1.6%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	14.0%	23.1%
Other means	0.3%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Massapequa Park	Port Washington
1-unit, detached	94.7%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	12.8%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Massapequa Park	Port Washington
Poverty rate	5.0%	3.3%
Average household size	2.91	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	34	37
Median year structure built	1956	1952