Massapequa Park vs Seaford

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

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

Massapequa Park has the higher population (16,985 vs 15,884 in Seaford). Massapequa Park has the higher median household income ($170,470 vs $156,488 in Seaford). Seaford has the higher median home value ($631,000 vs $626,300 in Massapequa Park).

Population, income & housing

	Massapequa Park	Seaford
Population	16,985	15,884
Median age	42.6 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$170,470	$156,488
Median home value	$626,300	$631,000
Median gross rent	$2,886	$2,612
Housing units	5,984	5,379
Homeownership rate	98.0%	93.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.7%	43.6%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Massapequa Park	Seaford
Population	17,193 → 16,985 (-1.2%)	15,040 → 15,884 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$129,525 → $170,470 (+31.6%)	$133,278 → $156,488 (+17.4%)
Median home value	$471,200 → $626,300 (+32.9%)	$481,900 → $631,000 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,931 → $2,886 (+49.5%)	$2,175 → $2,612 (+20.1%)

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

Seaford

Population

15,04015,884

Median household income

$133,278$156,488

Median home value

$481,900$631,000

Median gross rent

$2,175$2,612

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Massapequa Park	Seaford
Under 5	6.5%	3.8%
5 to 17	14.4%	17.7%
18 to 24	8.2%	9.5%
25 to 34	10.8%	14.1%
35 to 44	13.5%	10.3%
45 to 54	12.2%	11.5%
55 to 64	15.0%	16.6%
65 to 74	11.8%	9.2%
75 and over	7.6%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Massapequa Park	Seaford
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	83.3%
Black or African American	0.5%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	1.8%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.5%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Massapequa Park	Seaford
No high school diploma	2.5%	3.5%
High school graduate	21.2%	21.8%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	27.2%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	26.5%	19.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Massapequa Park	Seaford
Drove alone	70.4%	65.6%
Carpooled	5.3%	6.5%
Public transit	8.4%	17.2%
Walked	1.6%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.0%	9.9%
Other means	0.3%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Massapequa Park	Seaford
1-unit, detached	94.7%	93.2%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.6%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Massapequa Park	Seaford
Poverty rate	5.0%	3.1%
Average household size	2.91	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	34	39
Median year structure built	1956	1957