Greenport vs Moriches

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

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

Greenport has the higher population (2,574 vs 2,407 in Moriches). Greenport has the higher median household income ($82,692 vs $78,269 in Moriches). Greenport has the higher median home value ($882,200 vs $466,500 in Moriches).

Population, income & housing

	Greenport	Moriches
Population	2,574	2,407
Median age	51.2 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$82,692	$78,269
Median home value	$882,200	$466,500
Median gross rent	$2,034	$2,224
Housing units	1,442	1,417
Homeownership rate	49.0%	48.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.8%	36.7%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenport	Moriches
Population	2,082 → 2,574 (+23.6%)	3,073 → 2,407 (-21.7%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $82,692 (+69.6%)	$65,618 → $78,269 (+19.3%)
Median home value	$490,400 → $882,200 (+79.9%)	$381,200 → $466,500 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,587 → $2,034 (+28.2%)	$1,772 → $2,224 (+25.5%)

Greenport

Population

2,0822,574

Median household income

$48,750$82,692

Median home value

$490,400$882,200

Median gross rent

$1,587$2,034

Moriches

Population

3,0732,407

Median household income

$65,618$78,269

Median home value

$381,200$466,500

Median gross rent

$1,772$2,224

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenport	Moriches
Under 5	2.3%	10.4%
5 to 17	17.8%	6.8%
18 to 24	4.1%	5.2%
25 to 34	9.4%	16.4%
35 to 44	11.7%	7.9%
45 to 54	12.3%	6.3%
55 to 64	19.6%	17.7%
65 to 74	12.0%	17.3%
75 and over	10.7%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenport	Moriches
White (non-Hispanic)	57.6%	82.1%
Black or African American	2.3%	7.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	38.5%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenport	Moriches
No high school diploma	19.7%	2.8%
High school graduate	23.6%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	25.4%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	14.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenport	Moriches
Drove alone	52.3%	82.6%
Carpooled	16.8%	6.3%
Public transit	5.3%	5.2%
Walked	10.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	3.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	1.5%
Other means	3.4%	4.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenport	Moriches
1-unit, detached	56.7%	35.1%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	27.8%	14.2%
5 to 19 units	11.0%	18.6%
20 or more units	1.5%	26.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Greenport	Moriches
Poverty rate	9.5%	16.7%
Average household size	2.42	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	23	36
Median year structure built	1938	1994