Massapequa vs Plainview

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

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

Plainview has the higher population (26,251 vs 21,822 in Massapequa). Plainview has the higher median household income ($185,531 vs $179,844 in Massapequa). Plainview has the higher median home value ($729,100 vs $661,900 in Massapequa).

Population, income & housing

	Massapequa	Plainview
Population	21,822	26,251
Median age	43.6 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$179,844	$185,531
Median home value	$661,900	$729,100
Median gross rent	$2,500	$3,026
Housing units	7,472	9,136
Homeownership rate	96.9%	92.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.6%	68.7%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Massapequa	Plainview
Population	21,784 → 21,822 (+0.2%)	26,453 → 26,251 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$132,133 → $179,844 (+36.1%)	$146,853 → $185,531 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$536,400 → $661,900 (+23.4%)	$594,000 → $729,100 (+22.7%)
Median gross rent	$2,268 → $2,500 (+10.2%)	$1,566 → $3,026 (+93.2%)

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

Plainview

Population

26,45326,251

Median household income

$146,853$185,531

Median home value

$594,000$729,100

Median gross rent

$1,566$3,026

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Massapequa	Plainview
Under 5	5.4%	4.6%
5 to 17	15.2%	18.7%
18 to 24	7.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	13.2%	7.4%
35 to 44	10.5%	12.5%
45 to 54	15.9%	13.6%
55 to 64	15.7%	13.7%
65 to 74	10.5%	12.7%
75 and over	6.6%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Massapequa	Plainview
White (non-Hispanic)	87.4%	72.1%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	21.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.5%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Massapequa	Plainview
No high school diploma	2.9%	4.0%
High school graduate	19.1%	13.0%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	14.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.5%	33.5%
Graduate or professional degree	25.1%	35.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Massapequa	Plainview
Drove alone	67.2%	61.2%
Carpooled	4.8%	5.6%
Public transit	10.2%	10.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	14.5%	22.2%
Other means	2.2%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Massapequa	Plainview
1-unit, detached	96.8%	90.5%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.3%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Massapequa	Plainview
Poverty rate	2.9%	2.7%
Average household size	3.01	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	37	35
Median year structure built	1956	1957