Moriches vs Westhampton Beach

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

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

Westhampton Beach has the higher population (2,476 vs 2,407 in Moriches). Westhampton Beach has the higher median household income ($137,888 vs $78,269 in Moriches). Westhampton Beach has the higher median home value ($1,102,000 vs $466,500 in Moriches).

Population, income & housing

	Moriches	Westhampton Beach
Population	2,407	2,476
Median age	50.5 yrs	53.6 yrs
Median household income	$78,269	$137,888
Median home value	$466,500	$1,102,000
Median gross rent	$2,224	$2,117
Housing units	1,417	2,433
Homeownership rate	48.5%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.7%	62.8%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moriches	Westhampton Beach
Population	3,073 → 2,407 (-21.7%)	1,791 → 2,476 (+38.2%)
Median household income	$65,618 → $78,269 (+19.3%)	$105,625 → $137,888 (+30.5%)
Median home value	$381,200 → $466,500 (+22.4%)	$777,400 → $1,102,000 (+41.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,772 → $2,224 (+25.5%)	$1,922 → $2,117 (+10.1%)

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

Westhampton Beach

Population

1,7912,476

Median household income

$105,625$137,888

Median home value

$777,400$1,102,000

Median gross rent

$1,922$2,117

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Moriches	Westhampton Beach
Under 5	10.4%	1.8%
5 to 17	6.8%	9.5%
18 to 24	5.2%	11.5%
25 to 34	16.4%	9.8%
35 to 44	7.9%	8.1%
45 to 54	6.3%	10.8%
55 to 64	17.7%	18.8%
65 to 74	17.3%	16.2%
75 and over	12.0%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moriches	Westhampton Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	82.1%	85.1%
Black or African American	7.8%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	5.7%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moriches	Westhampton Beach
No high school diploma	2.8%	5.2%
High school graduate	34.7%	18.1%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	13.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	31.7%
Graduate or professional degree	14.9%	31.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moriches	Westhampton Beach
Drove alone	82.6%	47.3%
Carpooled	6.3%	3.8%
Public transit	5.2%	6.4%
Walked	0.0%	6.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.1%
Worked from home	1.5%	28.4%
Other means	4.3%	4.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moriches	Westhampton Beach
1-unit, detached	35.1%	83.7%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	14.2%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	18.6%	5.2%
20 or more units	26.4%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Moriches	Westhampton Beach
Poverty rate	16.7%	8.4%
Average household size	1.96	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	36	28
Median year structure built	1994	1978