Massapequa vs Rockville Centre

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

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

Rockville Centre has the higher population (25,770 vs 21,822 in Massapequa). Massapequa has the higher median household income ($179,844 vs $144,516 in Rockville Centre). Rockville Centre has the higher median home value ($796,100 vs $661,900 in Massapequa).

Population, income & housing

	Massapequa	Rockville Centre
Population	21,822	25,770
Median age	43.6 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$179,844	$144,516
Median home value	$661,900	$796,100
Median gross rent	$2,500	$1,790
Housing units	7,472	10,627
Homeownership rate	96.9%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.6%	62.9%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Massapequa	Rockville Centre
Population	21,784 → 21,822 (+0.2%)	24,492 → 25,770 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$132,133 → $179,844 (+36.1%)	$113,769 → $144,516 (+27.0%)
Median home value	$536,400 → $661,900 (+23.4%)	$651,700 → $796,100 (+22.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,268 → $2,500 (+10.2%)	$1,622 → $1,790 (+10.4%)

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

Rockville Centre

Population

24,49225,770

Median household income

$113,769$144,516

Median home value

$651,700$796,100

Median gross rent

$1,622$1,790

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Massapequa	Rockville Centre
Under 5	5.4%	4.8%
5 to 17	15.2%	18.4%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.2%
25 to 34	13.2%	9.1%
35 to 44	10.5%	12.7%
45 to 54	15.9%	12.3%
55 to 64	15.7%	16.4%
65 to 74	10.5%	12.4%
75 and over	6.6%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Massapequa	Rockville Centre
White (non-Hispanic)	87.4%	77.2%
Black or African American	1.0%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	5.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.9%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	10.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Massapequa	Rockville Centre
No high school diploma	2.9%	4.1%
High school graduate	19.1%	14.1%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	18.9%
Bachelor's degree	26.5%	32.3%
Graduate or professional degree	25.1%	30.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Massapequa	Rockville Centre
Drove alone	67.2%	49.3%
Carpooled	4.8%	4.9%
Public transit	10.2%	15.9%
Walked	1.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	14.5%	25.5%
Other means	2.2%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Massapequa	Rockville Centre
1-unit, detached	96.8%	59.8%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	7.9%
20 or more units	0.3%	24.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Massapequa	Rockville Centre
Poverty rate	2.9%	5.0%
Average household size	3.01	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	37	37
Median year structure built	1956	1944