Bayport vs Center Moriches

A side-by-side comparison of Bayport and Center Moriches: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bayport has the higher population (8,831 vs 8,155 in Center Moriches). Center Moriches has the higher median household income ($152,500 vs $135,750 in Bayport). Bayport has the higher median home value ($618,200 vs $554,500 in Center Moriches).

Population, income & housing

	Bayport	Center Moriches
Population	8,831	8,155
Median age	43.7 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$135,750	$152,500
Median home value	$618,200	$554,500
Median gross rent	$1,879	$2,130
Housing units	3,349	2,984
Homeownership rate	77.5%	86.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.1%	40.9%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bayport	Center Moriches
Population	8,402 → 8,831 (+5.1%)	8,147 → 8,155 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$105,313 → $135,750 (+28.9%)	$99,015 → $152,500 (+54.0%)
Median home value	$450,300 → $618,200 (+37.3%)	$388,700 → $554,500 (+42.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,669 → $1,879 (+12.6%)	$1,617 → $2,130 (+31.7%)

Bayport

Population

8,4028,831

Median household income

$105,313$135,750

Median home value

$450,300$618,200

Median gross rent

$1,669$1,879

Center Moriches

Population

8,1478,155

Median household income

$99,015$152,500

Median home value

$388,700$554,500

Median gross rent

$1,617$2,130

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bayport	Center Moriches
Under 5	3.8%	7.8%
5 to 17	15.8%	17.5%
18 to 24	8.9%	9.2%
25 to 34	8.8%	10.1%
35 to 44	14.6%	11.0%
45 to 54	13.7%	14.5%
55 to 64	16.3%	16.6%
65 to 74	9.2%	6.2%
75 and over	9.1%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bayport	Center Moriches
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	79.6%
Black or African American	1.5%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	14.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bayport	Center Moriches
No high school diploma	2.0%	5.1%
High school graduate	18.2%	21.5%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	27.0%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	26.2%	23.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bayport	Center Moriches
Drove alone	77.8%	80.0%
Carpooled	4.8%	8.0%
Public transit	3.7%	3.2%
Walked	0.5%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.4%	6.4%
Other means	2.7%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bayport	Center Moriches
1-unit, detached	72.4%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	9.7%	5.5%
20 or more units	4.8%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bayport	Center Moriches
Poverty rate	5.3%	4.0%
Average household size	2.66	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	1967	1976