Moriches vs Shelter Island

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

Moriches and Shelter Island 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 2,281 in Shelter Island). Shelter Island has the higher median household income ($129,410 vs $78,269 in Moriches). Shelter Island has the higher median home value ($1,019,000 vs $466,500 in Moriches).

Population, income & housing

	Moriches	Shelter Island
Population	2,407	2,281
Median age	50.5 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$78,269	$129,410
Median home value	$466,500	$1,019,000
Median gross rent	$2,224	—
Housing units	1,417	1,488
Homeownership rate	48.5%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.7%	55.0%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moriches	Shelter Island
Population	3,073 → 2,407 (-21.7%)	2,062 → 2,281 (+10.6%)
Median household income	$65,618 → $78,269 (+19.3%)	$79,843 → $129,410 (+62.1%)
Median home value	$381,200 → $466,500 (+22.4%)	$778,400 → $1,019,000 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,772 → $2,224 (+25.5%)	—

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

Shelter Island

Population

2,0622,281

Median household income

$79,843$129,410

Median home value

$778,400$1,019,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Moriches	Shelter Island
Under 5	10.4%	14.6%
5 to 17	6.8%	13.3%
18 to 24	5.2%	11.2%
25 to 34	16.4%	2.2%
35 to 44	7.9%	28.5%
45 to 54	6.3%	7.0%
55 to 64	17.7%	6.1%
65 to 74	17.3%	14.0%
75 and over	12.0%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moriches	Shelter Island
White (non-Hispanic)	82.1%	56.2%
Black or African American	7.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	7.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	10.4%
Two or more races	5.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	26.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moriches	Shelter Island
No high school diploma	2.8%	13.8%
High school graduate	34.7%	17.3%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	14.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	30.7%
Graduate or professional degree	14.9%	24.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moriches	Shelter Island
Drove alone	82.6%	40.1%
Carpooled	6.3%	10.6%
Public transit	5.2%	14.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	34.4%
Other means	4.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moriches	Shelter Island
1-unit, detached	35.1%	91.5%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	14.2%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	18.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	26.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Moriches	Shelter Island
Poverty rate	16.7%	1.2%
Average household size	1.96	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	36	37
Median year structure built	1994	1975