Moriches vs Sag Harbor

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

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

Sag Harbor has the higher population (2,449 vs 2,407 in Moriches). Sag Harbor has the higher median household income ($154,583 vs $78,269 in Moriches). Sag Harbor has the higher median home value ($1,516,800 vs $466,500 in Moriches).

Population, income & housing

	Moriches	Sag Harbor
Population	2,407	2,449
Median age	50.5 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$78,269	$154,583
Median home value	$466,500	$1,516,800
Median gross rent	$2,224	$3,501
Housing units	1,417	2,089
Homeownership rate	48.5%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.7%	66.7%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moriches	Sag Harbor
Population	3,073 → 2,407 (-21.7%)	1,905 → 2,449 (+28.6%)
Median household income	$65,618 → $78,269 (+19.3%)	$86,103 → $154,583 (+79.5%)
Median home value	$381,200 → $466,500 (+22.4%)	$1,254,100 → $1,516,800 (+20.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,772 → $2,224 (+25.5%)	$1,930 → $3,501 (+81.4%)

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

Sag Harbor

Population

1,9052,449

Median household income

$86,103$154,583

Median home value

$1,254,100$1,516,800

Median gross rent

$1,930$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Moriches	Sag Harbor
Under 5	10.4%	1.4%
5 to 17	6.8%	20.2%
18 to 24	5.2%	3.2%
25 to 34	16.4%	5.5%
35 to 44	7.9%	12.0%
45 to 54	6.3%	15.3%
55 to 64	17.7%	14.7%
65 to 74	17.3%	17.4%
75 and over	12.0%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moriches	Sag Harbor
White (non-Hispanic)	82.1%	88.2%
Black or African American	7.8%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moriches	Sag Harbor
No high school diploma	2.8%	3.0%
High school graduate	34.7%	14.9%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	15.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	28.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.9%	38.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moriches	Sag Harbor
Drove alone	82.6%	52.9%
Carpooled	6.3%	3.6%
Public transit	5.2%	5.9%
Walked	0.0%	9.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	27.0%
Other means	4.3%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moriches	Sag Harbor
1-unit, detached	35.1%	89.4%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	14.2%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	18.6%	1.3%
20 or more units	26.4%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Moriches	Sag Harbor
Poverty rate	16.7%	3.7%
Average household size	1.96	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	36	21
Median year structure built	1994	1973