Moriah, New York.
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to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,478 (+116%) since Jan 2020.
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- New York$2,755
- United States$1,922
Living in Moriah, Essex County, New York
Moriah is a town of 4,716 people in Essex County. Half its households earn more than $63,113 a year and half less, against $71,661 across Essex County; 14% of its people live below the poverty line. 81% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 19% are rented. Unemployment in Essex County was 3.3% in August 2026, and the county had 3.1% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then construction.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Moriah is a small town in Essex County where residents are older than in most American communities, and most homes are lived in by their owners. Household incomes run below the county's, and a good share of residents live below the poverty line. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month, and summers are pleasantly warm.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by the building trades, manufacturing, and professional and business services. Fewer adults hold a four-year degree than in many places, and the typical commute is long. Across Essex County, the largest workplaces include the Sylvamo-Ticonderoga Mill, Northline Utilities and Elizabethtown Community Hospital.
Things to do. Fort Crown Point and Fort Saint-Frédéric are both historic forts a short drive away, and Sweet Pond State Park is a protected area close by as well. For a longer drive, Fort Ticonderoga is one of the best known forts in the region.
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- 2,028households
- 25%of adults have a degree
- 14%below the poverty line
- 32 mintypical commute
- 9%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Essex County had 15,228 jobs in 2025, 3.1% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 29° and lows near 10°; warmest in July, with highs near 83° and lows near 61°.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Vergennes weather station, 16 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Essex County
- Sylvamo-Ticonderoga MillPaper products made in paper mills635
- Northline UtilitiesTransmission and distribution line construction467
- Elizabethtown Community HospitalCritical access hospital250FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters201
- Old Military Road Operating CompanyNursing homes168
- The CottageHotels, resort, without casinos158
- Lake Placid Central School DistrictSchool district155FTE
- Ticonderoga Central School DistrictSchool district155FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 26 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 2,676 people in all across the county; Moriah has two of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- LandslidesRelatively high
- AvalanchesRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Essex County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Essex County.
Moriah home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
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Zip codes with a Moriah address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Moriah — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.