Best PlacesEast Moriches, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around East Moriches, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
East Moriches ranks 2,787th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in East Moriches
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
East Moriches' strengths and weaknesses
Where East Moriches ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 98% of towns
- Household income$145,616 median, better than 97% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 96% of towns
- TransitBetter than 96% of towns
Where East Moriches ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,476 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in East Moriches
A household needs to earn about $201,000 a year to comfortably buy the median East Moriches home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $145,616, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses East Moriches' effective rate of 1.82%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in East Moriches
East Moriches runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for East Moriches.
Who works in East Moriches, and how
Work in East Moriches centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in East Moriches
The coast is about 14 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across East Moriches, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in East Moriches, month by month
East Moriches sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 34° | 25° |
| April | 61° | 50° | 40° |
| July | 86° | 76° | 67° |
| October | 69° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of East Moriches
The nearest airport, Long Island MacArthur, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John F Kennedy International, about 55 miles away.
The best schools in and around East Moriches
Schools across East Moriches average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- East Moriches Elementary SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
Top middle schools
- East Moriches SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
Top high schools
- Center Moriches High SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
- Patchogue-medford High SchoolA+ · 92% proficient
- Eastport-south Manor Junior Senior High SchoolA+ · 81% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every East Moriches school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
East Moriches measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare East Moriches against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in East Moriches
Is East Moriches a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, East Moriches ranks 2,787th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, fast internet, and high incomes, and lowest on an overheated housing market and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is East Moriches expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $674,163. The overall cost of living runs about 31% above the national average. Set against a $145,616 median income, cost of living beats 85% of towns.
Is East Moriches safe?
Yes, East Moriches is safer than 94% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $169 per resident a year.
Compare East Moriches with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to East Moriches. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in East Moriches represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
East Moriches detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for East Moriches: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in East Moriches: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of East Moriches: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in East Moriches: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
East Moriches detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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