MorichesNY
A town of 2,308, settled in 1802.
Is Moriches a good place to live?
Moriches’ concentration of trails is 1.7 miles per square mile, above both the New York town median (0.4) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4). We don’t grade Moriches yet; the figures below are still real.
99% of working residents leave Moriches for work
Where Moriches’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Yale Bowl and 53 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Moriches. Close and well known come first.
36 mi Stadium & arenaYale Bowl
35 mi National Historic SiteSagamore Hill National Historic Site122K visitors a year
3 mi Park & preserveLong Island Central Pine Barrens
8 mi LandmarkCalverton National Cemetery
39 mi State parkJones Beach State Park
2 mi National SeashoreFire Island National Seashore306K visitors a yearPhoto credits
Yale Bowl: Kenneth Zirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Sagamore Hill National Historic Site: Unknown, Public domain · Long Island Central Pine Barrens: Americasroof, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Calverton National Cemetery: United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Public domain · Jones Beach State Park: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fire Island National Seashore: US National Park Service, Public domain
Moving to Moriches: who provides what
Moriches is unincorporated, so Suffolk 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 Moriches.
Top of a very low hazard risk in Moriches: inland flooding
The FEMA risk score in Moriches is 18 of 100. Since 2011, 8 flood insurance claims have been paid out locally. FEMA puts 67% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 13% to hurricanes.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A smaller share of working residents work locally in Moriches than in most of New York or the rest of the country
Moriches’ mean commuting time is 29 minutes. A quarter of residents live below the poverty line locally, where New York’s towns sit at 9.5% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. The top destinations are Brookhaven (29%), New York (16%) and Islip (13%). Half of commuters travel less than 20 miles.
| Moriches | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 25% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.1% | 10% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The typical home in Moriches: about $643K
Among households in Moriches, 49% are owner-occupiers. Over the 12 months to September 2026, the typical home gained 4.5% in value. The typical rent for Moriches comes to $2,347 a month.
| Moriches | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,347 a month | $1,101 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 49% | 75% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
The climate in Moriches brings four seasons and pleasant summers
Summer afternoons peak near 82° in July, and January nights bottom out around 24°; snowfall runs to about 32 inches a winter. Moriches has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Moriches is
In Moriches, 11% of adults smoke cigarettes. This New York town beats the New York average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 5. Two figures for adults in the town: 29% feel lonely, 83% had a checkup this year.
| Moriches | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 21% | 23% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 32% | 33% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 83% | 81% | 79% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 16% |
| What stands out | Moriches | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 14.2% | 17.2% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 12.2% | 14.5% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.7% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Moriches
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Moriches
About 5 of every 100 Moriches residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
Moriches’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Moriches.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moriches | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Center Moriches | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mastic | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Manorville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Moriches, Center Moriches, Mastic and Manorville aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Moriches with a neighbor →
Questions about Moriches
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Moriches, NY a good place to live?
We don’t grade Moriches yet; the figures below are still real.