Mastic vs Riverhead

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

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

Riverhead has the higher population (15,073 vs 15,031 in Mastic). Mastic has the higher median household income ($106,491 vs $83,521 in Riverhead). Riverhead has the higher median home value ($449,000 vs $370,500 in Mastic).

Population, income & housing

	Mastic	Riverhead
Population	15,031	15,073
Median age	31.9 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$106,491	$83,521
Median home value	$370,500	$449,000
Median gross rent	$2,055	$2,208
Housing units	4,603	5,463
Homeownership rate	81.9%	60.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mastic	Riverhead
Population	15,476 → 15,031 (-2.9%)	14,196 → 15,073 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$98,811 → $106,491 (+7.8%)	$52,126 → $83,521 (+60.2%)
Median home value	$248,400 → $370,500 (+49.2%)	$334,100 → $449,000 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,892 → $2,055 (+8.6%)	$1,385 → $2,208 (+59.4%)

Mastic

Population

15,47615,031

Median household income

$98,811$106,491

Median home value

$248,400$370,500

Median gross rent

$1,892$2,055

Riverhead

Population

14,19615,073

Median household income

$52,126$83,521

Median home value

$334,100$449,000

Median gross rent

$1,385$2,208

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mastic	Riverhead
Under 5	7.0%	6.5%
5 to 17	19.1%	15.7%
18 to 24	10.2%	7.4%
25 to 34	17.7%	13.9%
35 to 44	12.7%	8.6%
45 to 54	11.3%	9.3%
55 to 64	11.5%	13.8%
65 to 74	7.4%	16.7%
75 and over	3.1%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mastic	Riverhead
White (non-Hispanic)	61.8%	42.9%
Black or African American	6.4%	12.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.6%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	2.3%
Two or more races	2.7%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	27.4%	33.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mastic	Riverhead
No high school diploma	13.8%	24.9%
High school graduate	42.8%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mastic	Riverhead
Drove alone	82.9%	82.6%
Carpooled	10.3%	7.8%
Public transit	0.8%	0.4%
Walked	1.7%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	4.0%
Other means	0.8%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mastic	Riverhead
1-unit, detached	98.1%	55.5%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	17.2%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	8.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Mastic	Riverhead
Poverty rate	7.0%	10.4%
Average household size	3.47	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	34	28
Median year structure built	1977	1988