Massapequa vs Mineola

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

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

Massapequa has the higher population (21,822 vs 21,082 in Mineola). Massapequa has the higher median household income ($179,844 vs $138,385 in Mineola). Massapequa has the higher median home value ($661,900 vs $624,300 in Mineola).

Population, income & housing

	Massapequa	Mineola
Population	21,822	21,082
Median age	43.6 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$179,844	$138,385
Median home value	$661,900	$624,300
Median gross rent	$2,500	$2,269
Housing units	7,472	9,004
Homeownership rate	96.9%	65.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.6%	55.0%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Massapequa	Mineola
Population	21,784 → 21,822 (+0.2%)	19,186 → 21,082 (+9.9%)
Median household income	$132,133 → $179,844 (+36.1%)	$100,891 → $138,385 (+37.2%)
Median home value	$536,400 → $661,900 (+23.4%)	$512,800 → $624,300 (+21.7%)
Median gross rent	$2,268 → $2,500 (+10.2%)	$1,759 → $2,269 (+29.0%)

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

Mineola

Population

19,18621,082

Median household income

$100,891$138,385

Median home value

$512,800$624,300

Median gross rent

$1,759$2,269

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Massapequa	Mineola
Under 5	5.4%	4.9%
5 to 17	15.2%	13.9%
18 to 24	7.0%	4.0%
25 to 34	13.2%	17.7%
35 to 44	10.5%	15.2%
45 to 54	15.9%	11.8%
55 to 64	15.7%	16.4%
65 to 74	10.5%	8.8%
75 and over	6.6%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Massapequa	Mineola
White (non-Hispanic)	87.4%	63.1%
Black or African American	1.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	14.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	2.8%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	15.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Massapequa	Mineola
No high school diploma	2.9%	12.2%
High school graduate	19.1%	15.0%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	17.8%
Bachelor's degree	26.5%	28.0%
Graduate or professional degree	25.1%	27.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Massapequa	Mineola
Drove alone	67.2%	55.0%
Carpooled	4.8%	8.4%
Public transit	10.2%	16.3%
Walked	1.0%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	14.5%	15.8%
Other means	2.2%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Massapequa	Mineola
1-unit, detached	96.8%	55.6%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	6.9%
20 or more units	0.3%	24.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Massapequa	Mineola
Poverty rate	2.9%	6.6%
Average household size	3.01	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	37	32
Median year structure built	1956	1954