What is the median rent in East Moriches, NY?

Name: Median rent in East Moriches, NY, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in East Moriches, NY is $2,314 (±$95) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 531 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In East Moriches, the median gross rent went from $1,777 in 2015–2019 to $2,314 in 2020–2024 (+30.2%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years, so it rose faster than prices: a measurable increase after inflation.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $2,314 (±$95)
Rented homes: 531 (±130)
$2,000 or more: 88.7%
Since 2015–2019: +30.2%

How much rent costs in East Moriches

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	East Moriches	Suffolk County	New York	United States
Less than $500	0.0% (±7.7 points)	4.4%	7.8%	6.3%
$500 to $999	0.0% (±7.7 points)	5.4%	15.2%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	0.0% (±7.7 points)	10.1%	22.2%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	11.3% (±8.4 points)	17.5%	19.8%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	61.6% (±17.7 points)	24.6%	14.3%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	23.7% (±16.1 points)	16.8%	7.6%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	3.4% (±4.2 points)	21.2%	13.2%	6.8%

The most common range is $2,000 to $2,499, paid by 61.6% of renting households.

88.7% of rented homes in East Moriches cost $2,000 or more a month.

East Moriches against Suffolk County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	East Moriches	Suffolk County	New York	United States
Median gross rent	$2,314 (±$95)	$2,255 (±$27)	$1,621 (±$7)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	531 (±130)	85,927 (±2,465)	3,406,652 (±12,095)	42,849,984

In East Moriches, median gross rent is not measurably different from Suffolk County ($2,255).

It is also higher than in New York ($1,621).

It is higher than the national figure ($1,413).

In Suffolk County, East Moriches ranks 49 of 97 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 102 of 349.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

How rent in East Moriches has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Median gross rent	$1,777 (±$66)	$2,314 (±$95)	+30.2%	Up after inflation
Households that rent	17.7% (±4.6 points)	24.7% (±5.6 points)	+7.0 percentage points	Not a measurable change
Rental vacancy rate	4.1% (±4.6 points)	0.0% (±7.6 points)	−4.1 percentage points	Not a measurable change

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median gross rent in places near East Moriches

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with East Moriches
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
East Moriches	—	$2,314 (±$95)	—
Eastport	2.1 mi	$2,224 (±$197)	Not measurably different
Center Moriches	2.2 mi	$2,307 (±$243)	Not measurably different
Remsenburg-Speonk	2.7 mi	$2,134 (±$2,112)	Not measurably different
Moriches	3.7 mi	$2,347 (±$124)	Not measurably different
Manorville	4.0 mi	$2,129 (±$192)	Not measurably different
Poospatuck Reservation	4.2 mi	$1,444 (±$1,145)	Not measurably different
Mastic	4.8 mi	$2,016 (±$266)	Lower
Mastic Beach	5.1 mi	$2,428 (±$177)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Mastic, NY ($2,016).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median gross rent across Suffolk County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
43	Moriches	$2,347 (±$124)
44	Brookhaven (community)	$2,346 (±$1,224)
45	Ronkonkoma	$2,345 (±$139)
46	Holtsville	$2,342 (±$235)
47	Rocky Point	$2,337 (±$311)
48	East Quogue	$2,327 (±$184)
49	East Moriches	$2,314 (±$95)
50	Montauk	$2,313 (±$363)
51 (tie)	Flanders	$2,311 (±$223)
51 (tie)	Selden	$2,311 (±$180)
53	Center Moriches	$2,307 (±$243)
54	North Patchogue	$2,275 (±$168)
55	Terryville	$2,265 (±$392)

Showing 13 of 97 places in Suffolk County, ranked from highest to lowest.

East Moriches is a census-designated place: an unincorporated community the Census Bureau draws for statistics, with no municipal government of its own.

It lies inside the Town of Brookhaven, whose figures include it.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about East Moriches

What is the average rent in East Moriches, NY?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in East Moriches is $2,314 (±$95) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How much has rent gone up in East Moriches?

In East Moriches, the median gross rent went from $1,777 in 2015–2019 to $2,314 in 2020–2024 (+30.2%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years, so it rose faster than prices: a measurable increase after inflation.

How many rentals in East Moriches cost more than $2,000 a month?

88.7% of rented homes in East Moriches have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 0.0% cost less than $500.

Is rent in East Moriches higher than in Suffolk County?

In East Moriches, median gross rent is not measurably different from Suffolk County ($2,255).

It is also higher than in New York ($1,621).

It is higher than the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for East Moriches CDP, New York (place:22546, in state:36).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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