Halesite vs Moriches

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

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

Moriches has the higher population (2,407 vs 2,348 in Halesite). Halesite has the higher median household income ($153,375 vs $78,269 in Moriches). Halesite has the higher median home value ($822,300 vs $466,500 in Moriches).

Population, income & housing

	Halesite	Moriches
Population	2,348	2,407
Median age	48.0 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$153,375	$78,269
Median home value	$822,300	$466,500
Median gross rent	—	$2,224
Housing units	991	1,417
Homeownership rate	85.2%	48.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.1%	36.7%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Halesite	Moriches
Population	2,710 → 2,348 (-13.4%)	3,073 → 2,407 (-21.7%)
Median household income	$150,694 → $153,375 (+1.8%)	$65,618 → $78,269 (+19.3%)
Median home value	$611,700 → $822,300 (+34.4%)	$381,200 → $466,500 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,190 → $1,406 (+18.2%)	$1,772 → $2,224 (+25.5%)

Halesite

Population

2,7102,348

Median household income

$150,694$153,375

Median home value

$611,700$822,300

Median gross rent

$1,190$1,406

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)

	Halesite	Moriches
Under 5	7.1%	10.4%
5 to 17	11.7%	6.8%
18 to 24	6.4%	5.2%
25 to 34	14.4%	16.4%
35 to 44	6.4%	7.9%
45 to 54	12.8%	6.3%
55 to 64	14.8%	17.7%
65 to 74	19.0%	17.3%
75 and over	7.3%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Halesite	Moriches
White (non-Hispanic)	85.8%	82.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	7.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Halesite	Moriches
No high school diploma	1.6%	2.8%
High school graduate	9.1%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	42.0%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	22.2%	14.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Halesite	Moriches
Drove alone	50.2%	82.6%
Carpooled	8.0%	6.3%
Public transit	17.5%	5.2%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.3%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	4.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Halesite	Moriches
1-unit, detached	86.0%	35.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	14.2%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	18.6%
20 or more units	2.0%	26.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Halesite	Moriches
Poverty rate	0.9%	16.7%
Average household size	2.36	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	45	36
Median year structure built	1955	1994