East MassapequaNY
A town of 20,377 in New York.
Is East Massapequa a good place to live?
East Massapequa’s typical household income is $146,000, above both the New York town median ($82,000) and the median of U.S. towns ($80,000). The biggest park or preserve is Marjorie R. Post Community Park, at 51 acres. We don’t grade East Massapequa yet; the figures below are still real.
East Massapequa lives by the ocean
Coastal flooding makes up 12% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
Central Park and 489 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around East Massapequa. Close and well known come first.
Big draw29 mi City parkCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw30 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw29 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw29 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw35 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw30 mi BeachConey IslandPhoto credits
Central Park: Ed Yourdon from New York City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Madison Square Garden: Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Studio 54: Americasroof (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hugo Schneider, CC BY-SA 2.0 · MetLife Stadium: babyknight, CC BY 2.0 · Coney Island: OptimumPx, Public domain
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Moving to East Massapequa: who provides what
East Massapequa is unincorporated, so Nassau County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in East Massapequa.
Most of East Massapequa’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.4 jobs for each of them
Jobs in East Massapequa fell by 1,206 from 2013 to 2023, to 3,801. Commuting out is the norm here: 3% of working residents work locally. The town’s typical journey to work stands at 35 minutes. The median commute is under 15 miles.
| East Massapequa | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 35 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 3.3% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.8% | 10% | 8% |
| Work from home | 15% | 12% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
East Massapequa: four seasons and pleasant summers
Its peak summer temperature stands at 84°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy East Massapequa is
East Massapequa: 14% of adults have been diagnosed with depression. Against the New York average, East Massapequa comes out ahead on 22 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 1. In East Massapequa, 8% of adults smoke cigarettes, and 13% report frequent mental distress.
| East Massapequa | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 21% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8% | 13% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | East Massapequa | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.2% | 17.2% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 7.4% | 12.8% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.6% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
A older population than New York as a whole
49% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 40% across New York. People 65 and older are 23% of residents (18% statewide). In East Massapequa, the age of the median resident is 44.3 years.
| East Massapequa | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 49% | 32% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 23% | 20% | 18% |
| Median age | 44.3 years | 43 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 20% | 20% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±1.4 points. Across New York, 51.2% of residents are women.
| East Massapequa | NY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.7% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.3% | 9.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.4% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.1% | 14.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.4% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.6% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.6% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 14.3% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.6% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 27.1% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 13.4% | 14.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.9% | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 26.9% | 22.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 21.7% | 17.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Protected land: 5.6% of East Massapequa
0.9 miles of trail in 8 parks and preserves. East Massapequa’s trail density comes in at 0.3 miles per square mile.
| East Massapequa | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 5.6% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Field of Dreams Park | 0.7 mi | 11 |
| 2. Marjorie R. Post Community Park | — | 51 |
| 3. John J Burns Park | — | 49 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The median home in East Massapequa sells for about $760K
On the market in East Massapequa: a median 26 days to sell. The share of households in East Massapequa who live in a home they own: 90%. In East Massapequa, 72% of sales closed above the list price.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Moderate risk in East Massapequa, with inland flooding at the top
The national flood insurance program has paid 543 claims in East Massapequa since 1978. On expected storm and flood damage, East Massapequa sits above half of U.S. communities. FEMA puts 67% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 12% to coastal flooding.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about East Massapequa
Colleges nearby
12 within 15 miles of the center of East Massapequa
About 7 of every 100 East Massapequa residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New York.
97% of working residents leave East Massapequa for work
Where East Massapequa’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
East Massapequa’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with East Massapequa.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Massapequa | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Massapequa Park | #66 | A | D | — | A | A+ |
| Amityville | #456 | C+ | D− | B+ | D | A− |
| Babylon | — | — | D− | — | — | A− |
| Oyster Bay | — | — | D− | — | — | A+ |
| South Farmingdale | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Massapequa Park, Babylon and Oyster Bay report no FBI crime data of their own. East Massapequa, Babylon, Oyster Bay and South Farmingdale aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare East Massapequa with a neighbor →
Questions about East Massapequa
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is East Massapequa, NY a good place to live?
We don’t grade East Massapequa yet; the figures below are still real.