Moriches vs Water Mill

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

Moriches and Water Mill 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 2,218 in Water Mill). Water Mill has the higher median household income ($158,250 vs $78,269 in Moriches). Water Mill has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $466,500 in Moriches).

Population, income & housing

	Moriches	Water Mill
Population	2,407	2,218
Median age	50.5 yrs	56.2 yrs
Median household income	$78,269	$158,250
Median home value	$466,500	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$2,224	$3,150
Housing units	1,417	2,374
Homeownership rate	48.5%	91.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.7%	77.6%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moriches	Water Mill
Population	3,073 → 2,407 (-21.7%)	1,631 → 2,218 (+36.0%)
Median household income	$65,618 → $78,269 (+19.3%)	$155,278 → $158,250 (+1.9%)
Median home value	$381,200 → $466,500 (+22.4%)	$1,611,900 → $2,000,001 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,772 → $2,224 (+25.5%)	$2,681 → $3,150 (+17.5%)

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

Water Mill

Population

1,6312,218

Median household income

$155,278$158,250

Median home value

$1,611,900$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,681$3,150

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Moriches	Water Mill
Under 5	10.4%	4.3%
5 to 17	6.8%	7.6%
18 to 24	5.2%	3.9%
25 to 34	16.4%	13.3%
35 to 44	7.9%	7.4%
45 to 54	6.3%	11.9%
55 to 64	17.7%	24.9%
65 to 74	17.3%	12.2%
75 and over	12.0%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moriches	Water Mill
White (non-Hispanic)	82.1%	86.4%
Black or African American	7.8%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moriches	Water Mill
No high school diploma	2.8%	2.4%
High school graduate	34.7%	13.8%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	6.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	42.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.9%	34.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moriches	Water Mill
Drove alone	82.6%	39.9%
Carpooled	6.3%	1.9%
Public transit	5.2%	5.2%
Walked	0.0%	7.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	43.9%
Other means	4.3%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moriches	Water Mill
1-unit, detached	35.1%	98.3%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	14.2%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	18.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	26.4%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Moriches	Water Mill
Poverty rate	16.7%	3.4%
Average household size	1.96	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	36	23
Median year structure built	1994	1993