Massapequa Park vs Westbury

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

Massapequa Park and Westbury 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 15,789 in Westbury). Massapequa Park has the higher median household income ($170,470 vs $136,917 in Westbury). Massapequa Park has the higher median home value ($626,300 vs $599,700 in Westbury).

Population, income & housing

	Massapequa Park	Westbury
Population	16,985	15,789
Median age	42.6 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$170,470	$136,917
Median home value	$626,300	$599,700
Median gross rent	$2,886	$1,813
Housing units	5,984	5,431
Homeownership rate	98.0%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.7%	45.5%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Massapequa Park	Westbury
Population	17,193 → 16,985 (-1.2%)	15,342 → 15,789 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$129,525 → $170,470 (+31.6%)	$101,250 → $136,917 (+35.2%)
Median home value	$471,200 → $626,300 (+32.9%)	$458,500 → $599,700 (+30.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,931 → $2,886 (+49.5%)	$1,838 → $1,813 (-1.4%)

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

Westbury

Population

15,34215,789

Median household income

$101,250$136,917

Median home value

$458,500$599,700

Median gross rent

$1,838$1,813

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Massapequa Park	Westbury
Under 5	6.5%	6.3%
5 to 17	14.4%	14.0%
18 to 24	8.2%	4.6%
25 to 34	10.8%	12.5%
35 to 44	13.5%	13.1%
45 to 54	12.2%	13.7%
55 to 64	15.0%	15.1%
65 to 74	11.8%	12.0%
75 and over	7.6%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Massapequa Park	Westbury
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	31.9%
Black or African American	0.5%	16.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	1.8%	10.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	37.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Massapequa Park	Westbury
No high school diploma	2.5%	11.2%
High school graduate	21.2%	18.0%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	27.2%	26.8%
Graduate or professional degree	26.5%	18.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Massapequa Park	Westbury
Drove alone	70.4%	67.6%
Carpooled	5.3%	7.6%
Public transit	8.4%	9.5%
Walked	1.6%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	14.0%	8.0%
Other means	0.3%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Massapequa Park	Westbury
1-unit, detached	94.7%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	3.8%
20 or more units	0.6%	10.2%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Massapequa Park	Westbury
Poverty rate	5.0%	3.8%
Average household size	2.91	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	34	31
Median year structure built	1956	1955