General William Floyd House, Washington Avenue & Wavecrest Drive
Mastic Beach’s story
16 years in pictures
The archive holds 1 old photo or paper.
- 2010Mastic Beach is settled
Mastic BeachNY
A town settled in 2010, now home to 16,735 people.
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Photo: Lfstar68 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Population
16,735
Census survey, 2020–24
Typical home
$487K
+2.7% in a year
Household income
$111K
median
Median age
35.9
years
Jobs based here
1,831
A commuter town
Is Mastic Beach a good place to live?
Mastic Beach’s going rate for rent is $2,428 a month, against $1,101 a month in New York’s towns and $1,185 a month across U.S. towns. 18% of the land in Mastic Beach is conserved, above both the New York town median (5.2%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). The biggest park or preserve is Fire Island National Seashore, at 617 acres. We don’t grade Mastic Beach yet; the figures below are still real.
By the sea
Mastic Beach lives by the ocean
Coastal flooding makes up 25% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
25%of expected storm damage is coastal flooding
99thpercentile for coastal flood risk nationally
536paid flood-insurance claims since 1979
80thpercentile for hurricane risk
On the water
- Fire Island National Seashore
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
Nearby attractions
All 320 attractions →Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum and 57 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Mastic Beach. Close and well known come first.
40 mi Stadium & arenaNassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
38 mi Stadium & arenaYale Bowl
35 mi National Historic SiteSagamore Hill National Historic Site122K visitors a year
37 mi State parkJones Beach State Park
11 mi LandmarkCalverton National Cemetery
in town National SeashoreFire Island National Seashore306K visitors a yearSources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits
Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum: iMatthew // talk //, Public domain · Yale Bowl: Kenneth Zirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Sagamore Hill National Historic Site: Unknown, Public domain · Jones Beach State Park: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Calverton National Cemetery: United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Public domain · Fire Island National Seashore: US National Park Service, Public domain
Getting set up
Moving to Mastic Beach: who provides what
Mastic Beach is unincorporated, so Suffolk County and regional agencies provide most services.
PowerPSEG Long Island26.2¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
WaterSuffolk County Water AuthorityNo health-based violations in 5 years · EPAEPA
Internet3 providers98% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC
Trash & county servicesSuffolk CountySuffolk County provides services here
Register to voteOnlineIn New York you can register online until 10 days before Election Day, in person until 10 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 15 days before and received 10 days before).vote.govWho runs elections hereSuffolk County Board of ElectionsSuffolk County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Sep 2024
ZIP codes11951, 11967, 1195011951 96% · 11967 2% · 11950 2%Census 2020
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 Mastic Beach.
Work & commute
With only 0.3 jobs per working resident, most people in Mastic Beach work out of town
Commuting out is the norm here: 4% of working residents work locally. Mastic Beach’s typical household income comes in at $111,000. Also worth knowing: it had 1,831 jobs in 2023, up 223 from 2013. Among residents here, 21% live below the poverty line.
4%work in town
| Mastic Beach | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 37 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 21% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $111,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 6.7% | 12% | 11% |
Where working residents work
In Mastic Beach4%
Brookhaven33%
New York16%
Islip13%
Southampton5%
19 mi
median commute distance
1,831
jobs based in Mastic Beach
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Outdoors
Mastic Beach keeps 18.2% of its land conserved
There are 6.6 miles of trail across 6 parks and preserves. Mastic Beach’s concentration of trails stands at 1.1 miles per square mile. Parks and preserves in the town: 6, covering 1,288 acres.
18.2%conserved
18.2%
conserved · 694 of 3,819 acres
6.6 mi
of trails · 1.1 per sq mi
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. William Floyd Estate | 4.9 mi | 608 |
| 2. Fire Island National Seashore | — | 617 |
| 3. Johns Neck State Tidal Wetland | — | 50 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Climate
Mastic Beach has four seasons and pleasant summers
Summer afternoons peak near 82° in July, and January nights bottom out around 25°; snowfall runs to about 32 inches a winter. Mastic Beach has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers.
32″snow a winter
Typical low → high °F
Winter27–42°
Spring40–57°
Summer64–80°
Fall48–64°
Oct 28
typical first frost
Apr 18
typical last frost
+2.3°
vs. the 20th-century average
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Natural hazards
Natural hazards: low risk in Mastic Beach, mostly inland flooding
On expected storm and flood damage, Mastic Beach sits below nearly two thirds of U.S. communities. Flood insurance has paid out on 536 claims locally since 1979. Of the losses FEMA expects in the town, 53% come from inland flooding and 25% from coastal flooding.
34risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
Inland floodingCoastal floodingHurricanes
536
paid flood claims since 1979
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Health
How healthy Mastic Beach is
Mastic Beach: nearly a fifth of adults have been diagnosed with depression. In Mastic Beach, 43% of adults sleep under 7 hours.
| Mastic Beach | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 37% | 36% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 13% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 21% | 23% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 25% | 25% |
32 measures vs. New York
0 better15 too close to call17 worse
| What stands out | Mastic Beach | NY |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 14.6% | 11.3% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 10.4% | 8.2% |
| More uninsured adults | 9.6% | 7.9% |
Long Island Community Hospital
7.5 mi away · emergency room
None
primary care, dental or mental-health shortage
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Housing
Zillow puts the typical Mastic Beach home at about $487K
A home in Mastic Beach typically sold within 31 days of listing. Over the 12 months to September 2026, the typical home gained 2.7% in value. For households in the town, the share who live in a home they own is 82%.
$487KZillow home value
Typical home value
Mastic Beach$487K
New York$525K
Market temperature
31
days on market
103%
sale-to-list price
+2.7%
value change, 1 year
14
homes sold in September
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Mastic Beach
17pages on Mastic Beach
The big questions
Out and about
The story
After high school
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Mastic Beach
About 5 of every 100 Mastic Beach residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
A commuter town
96% of working residents leave Mastic Beach for work
Where Mastic Beach’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
1,831jobs based in Mastic Beach
4%of working residents work in town
19 mimedian commute distance
Census LEHD 2023
About Mastic Beach
Hamlet and Census-designated place in New York, United States
Mastic Beach is a hamlet and census-designated place, and former village in the southeastern part of the Town of Brookhaven in Suffolk County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, Mastic Beach had a population of 14,199.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Established
- 2010
- Area
- 4.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 7 ft
- ZIP code
- 11951
Mastic Beach’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Mastic Beach.
How the neighbors grade
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mastic Beach | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Shirley | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Mastic Beach and Shirley aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Mastic Beach with a neighbor →
Questions about Mastic Beach
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Mastic Beach, NY a good place to live?
We don’t grade Mastic Beach yet; the figures below are still real.