Mastic vs Rocky Point

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

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

Mastic has the higher population (15,031 vs 13,931 in Rocky Point). Rocky Point has the higher median household income ($124,615 vs $106,491 in Mastic). Rocky Point has the higher median home value ($417,400 vs $370,500 in Mastic).

Population, income & housing

	Mastic	Rocky Point
Population	15,031	13,931
Median age	31.9 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$106,491	$124,615
Median home value	$370,500	$417,400
Median gross rent	$2,055	$1,970
Housing units	4,603	5,359
Homeownership rate	81.9%	93.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	39.7%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mastic	Rocky Point
Population	15,476 → 15,031 (-2.9%)	13,521 → 13,931 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$98,811 → $106,491 (+7.8%)	$98,913 → $124,615 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$248,400 → $370,500 (+49.2%)	$301,400 → $417,400 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,892 → $2,055 (+8.6%)	$1,517 → $1,970 (+29.9%)

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

Rocky Point

Population

13,52113,931

Median household income

$98,913$124,615

Median home value

$301,400$417,400

Median gross rent

$1,517$1,970

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mastic	Rocky Point
Under 5	7.0%	6.7%
5 to 17	19.1%	17.0%
18 to 24	10.2%	8.4%
25 to 34	17.7%	13.3%
35 to 44	12.7%	10.7%
45 to 54	11.3%	18.7%
55 to 64	11.5%	12.2%
65 to 74	7.4%	7.8%
75 and over	3.1%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mastic	Rocky Point
White (non-Hispanic)	61.8%	76.5%
Black or African American	6.4%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.7%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	27.4%	17.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mastic	Rocky Point
No high school diploma	13.8%	4.4%
High school graduate	42.8%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	17.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mastic	Rocky Point
Drove alone	82.9%	82.2%
Carpooled	10.3%	6.5%
Public transit	0.8%	2.7%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	7.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mastic	Rocky Point
1-unit, detached	98.1%	93.9%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mastic	Rocky Point
Poverty rate	7.0%	2.9%
Average household size	3.47	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	34	36
Median year structure built	1977	1965