Mastic Beach vs Sayville

A side-by-side comparison of Mastic Beach and Sayville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mastic Beach has the higher population (16,382 vs 15,593 in Sayville). Sayville has the higher median household income ($145,278 vs $109,381 in Mastic Beach). Sayville has the higher median home value ($615,700 vs $326,600 in Mastic Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Mastic Beach	Sayville
Population	16,382	15,593
Median age	38.7 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$109,381	$145,278
Median home value	$326,600	$615,700
Median gross rent	$2,342	$2,339
Housing units	5,509	5,948
Homeownership rate	82.5%	77.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	54.0%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mastic Beach	Sayville
Population	12,610 → 16,382 (+29.9%)	15,910 → 15,593 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$72,137 → $109,381 (+51.6%)	$116,005 → $145,278 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$225,100 → $326,600 (+45.1%)	$451,400 → $615,700 (+36.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,829 → $2,342 (+28.0%)	$1,866 → $2,339 (+25.3%)

Mastic Beach

Population

12,61016,382

Median household income

$72,137$109,381

Median home value

$225,100$326,600

Median gross rent

$1,829$2,342

Sayville

Population

15,91015,593

Median household income

$116,005$145,278

Median home value

$451,400$615,700

Median gross rent

$1,866$2,339

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mastic Beach	Sayville
Under 5	7.3%	4.8%
5 to 17	22.2%	17.5%
18 to 24	7.9%	6.7%
25 to 34	9.2%	10.1%
35 to 44	15.9%	11.5%
45 to 54	11.5%	14.1%
55 to 64	14.7%	14.5%
65 to 74	6.1%	10.9%
75 and over	5.2%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mastic Beach	Sayville
White (non-Hispanic)	67.5%	88.3%
Black or African American	6.7%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.8%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	17.6%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mastic Beach	Sayville
No high school diploma	13.6%	4.7%
High school graduate	36.3%	17.2%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	30.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	23.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mastic Beach	Sayville
Drove alone	81.7%	77.9%
Carpooled	6.7%	3.4%
Public transit	1.5%	3.7%
Walked	0.5%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	13.4%
Other means	1.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mastic Beach	Sayville
1-unit, detached	96.4%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.3%
20 or more units	0.3%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Mastic Beach	Sayville
Poverty rate	21.7%	5.5%
Average household size	3.20	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	38	31
Median year structure built	1971	1965