Moriches has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
4% of workers have no commute at all (New York 15%). Moriches has 469 jobs, against 1,309 working residents. Only 1% work in Moriches; the top destination outside it is Brookhaven (29%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Moriches apart on work
Moriches’ biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Moriches is New York City, 59 miles away as the crow flies. 16% of working residents (207) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Moriches
66% of Moriches residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 42% of the jobs based in Moriches pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 99% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Few Moriches workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Moriches empties out on a workday
About 1,500 people are in Moriches on a workday afternoon, 36% fewer than the 2,300 who live here: 1,300 head out to work and 450 come in. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Moriches’ commute, mile by mile
About 24% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Services make up most of the work in Moriches
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Moriches, 2013 → 2023: 476 → 469. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Moriches’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Moriches, about 29 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Moriches workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 935 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
A workday in Moriches: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,294 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 454 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Moriches on a workday afternoon, 36% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Moriches ends
Where Moriches clocks in
29% of workers
16% of workers
13% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
How Moriches compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Moriches workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moriches | – | — | — | 29 min | $78,359 |
| Center Moriches | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Mastic | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Manorville | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Center Moriches, Mastic and Manorville: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Moriches’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Moriches: questions
What is the median household income in Moriches?
$78,359 (±$25,730) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Moriches?
24.9%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Moriches?
29 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Moriches work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Brookhaven (29%, 8 mi), New York City (16%, 59 mi), Islip (13%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Moriches without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Moriches, from the people who make the trip.
More of Moriches
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.