Moriah, New York

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Population (year 2000): 4,879. Estimated population in July 2006: 4,650 (-4.7% change)

Males: 2,566	(52.6%)
Females: 2,313	(47.4%)

Essex County

Median resident age:	37.8 years
New York median age:	35.9 years

Zip codes: 12960.

Estimated median household income in 2005: $36,800 (it was $31,903 in 2000)

Moriah	$36,800
New York:	$49,480

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $76,200 (it was $60,300 in 2000)

Moriah	$76,200
New York:	$258,900

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Races in Moriah:

White Non-Hispanic (92.8%)
Hispanic (3.3%)
Black (2.8%)
Other race (1.2%)
Two or more races (0.6%)
American Indian (0.5%)

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Ancestries: French (26.5%), Irish (16.1%), English (11.5%), Italian (8.7%), Polish (8.2%), United States (6.0%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 950 feet

Land area: 64.7 square miles.

Population density: 72 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Moriah

High school or higher: 76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 7.7%
Graduate or professional degree: 4.2%
Unemployed: 12.0%
Mean travel time to work: 29.6 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Moriah town

Never married: 26.3%
Now married: 51.1%
Separated: 3.8%
Widowed: 10.4%
Divorced: 8.4%

65 residents are foreign born

This town:	1.3%
New York:	20.4%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this town in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Moriah:	1.9% ($1,160)
New York:	1.9% ($2,847)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Schenectady, NY (91.8 miles , pop. 61,821).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Boston, MA (204.0 miles , pop. 589,141).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Bronx, NY (223.6 miles , pop. 1,332,650).

Nearest cities: Port Henry, NY (2.2 miles ), Mineville-Witherbee, NY (3.1 miles ), Crown Point, NY (7.4 miles ), Addison, VT (8.3 miles ), Westport, NY (8.9 miles ), Bridport, VT (10.7 miles ), Elizabethtown, NY (11.7 miles ), Panton, VT (13.2 miles ).

Single-family new house construction building permits:

1996: 15 buildings, average cost: $42,500
1997: 6 buildings, average cost: $43,300
1998: 14 buildings, average cost: $53,300
1999: 15 buildings, average cost: $50,400
2000: 14 buildings, average cost: $41,600
2001: 15 buildings, average cost: $57,300
2002: 9 buildings, average cost: $61,100
2003: 13 buildings, average cost: $83,500
2004: 10 buildings, average cost: $97,500
2005: 13 buildings, average cost: $81,100
2006: 6 buildings, average cost: $99,000
2007: 10 buildings, average cost: $58,200

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Latitude: 44.06 N, Longitude: 73.49 W

People in group quarters in Moriah

296 people in state prisons
26 people in homes for the mentally retarded
3 people in religious group quarters

Area code commonly used in this area: 518

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Historical population

Historical housing units

Most common industries for males:

Construction (19%)
Paper (13%)
Educational services (7%)
Public administration (5%)
Wood products (4%)
Transportation equipment (4%)
Health care (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (20%)
Educational services (15%)
Social assistance (8%)
Accommodation and food services (8%)
Public administration (6%)
Food and beverage stores (4%)
Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
Carpenters (4%)
Construction laborers (3%)

Most common occupations for females

Cashiers (10%)
Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (8%)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (6%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)

Crime in Moriah by Year
Type	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Murders	0	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Rapes	0	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Robberies	0	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Assaults	0	0	0	1	1
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	27.0	27.6
Burglaries	0	0	0	0	2
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	55.1
Thefts	0	0	0	0	8
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	220.4
Auto thefts	0	0	0	0	1
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	27.6
Arson	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
per 100,000	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.0
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 198.5)	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.4	20.4

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 2 (2 officers).

Officers per 1,000 residents here:	0.43
US city average:	3.00

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Hospitals/medical centers near Moriah:

ELIZABETHTOWN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 13 miles; ELIZABETHTOWN, NY)
MOSES-LUDINGTON HOSPITAL (about 14 miles; TICONDEROGA, NY)
PORTER MEDICAL CENTER INC (about 23 miles; MIDDLEBURY, VT)

Political contributions by individuals in Moriah, NY

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Moriah:

BURLINGTON INTL (about 37 miles; BURLINGTON, VT; ID: BTV)
CLINTON CO (about 44 miles; PLATTSBURGH, NY; ID: PLB)
FLOYD BENNETT MEMORIAL (about 51 miles; GLENS FALLS, NY; ID: GFL)

Other public-use airports nearest to Moriah:

WESTPORT (about 9 miles; WESTPORT, NY; ID: N25)
BASIN HARBOR (about 14 miles; VERGENNES, VT; ID: B06)
SCHROON LAKE (about 23 miles; SCHROON LAKE, NY; ID: 4B7)

Amtrak stations near Moriah:

3 miles: PORT HENRY (RTE. 9 NORTH & RTE. 22). Services: enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for car rental service, call for taxi service.
10 miles: WESTPORT (HWY. 9 N. & D&H RAILROAD TRACKS). Services: enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, free short-term parking, free long-term parking.
16 miles: TICONDEROGA (RTE. 74 (FORT TICONDEROGA RD.)). Services: enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for taxi service.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Moriah:

MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE (about 23 miles; MIDDLEBURY, VT; Full-time enrollment: 2,265)
SAINT MICHAELS COLLEGE (about 38 miles; COLCHESTER, VT; FT enrollment: 2,272)
UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT AND STATE AGRICULTURAL COLL (about 39 miles; BURLINGTON, VT; FT enrollment: 8,852)
ADIRONDACK COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 45 miles; QUEENSBURY, NY; FT enrollment: 2,182)
SUNY COLLEGE AT PLATTSBURGH (about 47 miles; PLATTSBURGH, NY; FT enrollment: 5,601)
NORWICH UNIVERSITY (about 58 miles; NORTHFIELD, VT; FT enrollment: 2,585)
SUNY EMPIRE STATE COLLEGE (about 70 miles; SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY; FT enrollment: 4,499)

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Cemeteries: Union Cemetery (1), Saint Patrick Cemetery (2), Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery (3), Spear Cemetery (4), Walton Cemetery (5), Stevenson Cemetery (6). Display/hide their locations on the map

Lakes, reservoirs, and swamps: Upper Feeder Pond (A), Eagles Nest Pond (B), Smith Pond (C), Ensign Pond (D), Feeder Pond (E), Mill Pond (F), Bullpout Pond (G), Moriah Pond (H). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Bartlett Brook (A), Mill Brook (B), Mullen Brook (C), Newport Brook (D), Grove Brook (E), Kenney Brook (F), Stony Brook (G), McKenzie Brook (H). Display/hide their locations on the map

Average household size:

This town:	2.4 people
New York:	2.6 people

Percentage of family households:

This town:	66.2%
Whole state:	65.7%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This town:	7.7%
Whole state:	5.4%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
Gay men: 0.3% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This town:	12.8%
Whole state:	14.6%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This town:	4.4%
Whole state:	7.4%

Moriah compared to New York state average:

Unemployed percentage above state average.
Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
Hispanic race population percentage below state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
Renting percentage below state average.
Institutionalized population percentage above state average.
Number of college students below state average.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.

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Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

2004 Presidential Election results in Essex County New York:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

6.43% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($42,181 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.43%
New York average:	5.41%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Clinton County, NY	1.11% ($27,000 average AGI)
from Franklin County, NY	0.81% ($32,853)
from Warren County, NY	0.43% ($28,129)

6.43% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($31,516 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.43%
New York average:	6.26%

0.09% of residents moved to foreign countries ($132 average AGI)
Essex County: 0.09%
New York average: 0.10%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Clinton County, NY	1.02% ($29,021 average AGI)
to Franklin County, NY	0.61% ($31,655)
to Warren County, NY	0.41% ($27,017)

Strongest AM radio stations in Moriah:

WCHP (760 AM; 35 kW; CHAMPLAIN, NY; Owner: CHAMPLAIN RADIO, INC.)
WGY (810 AM; 50 kW; SCHENECTADY, NY; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WICY (1490 AM; 50 kW; MALONE, NY; Owner: CARTIER COMMUNICATIONS INC.)
WVMT (620 AM; 5 kW; BURLINGTON, VT; Owner: SISON BROADCASTING, INC.)
WEAV (960 AM; 5 kW; PLATTSBURGH, NY; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WNNZ (640 AM; 50 kW; WESTFIELD, MA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WPTR (1540 AM; 50 kW; ALBANY, NY; Owner: KIMTRON, INC.)
WIRD (920 AM; 5 kW; LAKE PLACID, NY; Owner: RADIO LAKE PLACID INC)
WIPS (1250 AM; 1 kW; TICONDEROGA, NY; Owner: CALVIN HUGH CARR)
WTWK (1070 AM; daytime; 5 kW; PLATTSBURGH, NY; Owner: CHAMPLAIN COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
WVAA (1390 AM; 5 kW; BURLINGTON, VT; Owner: RADIO VERMONT, KDR, LLC)
WDEV (550 AM; 5 kW; WATERBURY, VT; Owner: RADIO VERMONT, INC.)
WCRN (830 AM; 50 kW; WORCESTER, MA; Owner: CARTER BROADCASTING CORPORATION)

Strongest FM radio stations in Moriah:

WDEV-FM (96.1 FM; WARREN, VT; Owner: RADIO VERMONT, INC.)
WCVT (101.7 FM; STOWE, VT; Owner: RADIO VERMONT CLASSICS, L.L.C.)
WEBK (105.3 FM; KILLINGTON, VT; Owner: 6 JOHNSON ROAD LICENSES, INC.)
WEXP (101.5 FM; BRANDON, VT; Owner: VOX VERMONT, L.L.C.)
WVPS (107.9 FM; BURLINGTON, VT; Owner: VERMONT PUBLIC RADIO)
WEZF (92.9 FM; BURLINGTON, VT; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WJJR (98.1 FM; RUTLAND, VT; Owner: 6 JOHNSON ROAD LICENSES, INC.)
WZRT (97.1 FM; RUTLAND, VT; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WCEL (91.9 FM; PLATTSBURGH, NY; Owner: WAMC)
WXLG (89.9 FM; NORTH CREEK, NY; Owner: THE ST. LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY)
WLKC (103.3 FM; WATERBURY, VT; Owner: RADIO BROADCASTING SERVICES, INC.)
WIZN (106.7 FM; VERGENNES, VT; Owner: BURLINGTON BROADCASTERS, INC.)
WGLV (91.7 FM; WOODSTOCK, VT; Owner: CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES INC)
WHDQ-FM1 (106.1 FM; RUTLAND, VT; Owner: GREAT NORTHERN RADIO, L.L.C.)
WWFY (100.9 FM; BERLIN, VT; Owner: VOX ALLEGANY, LLC)
WXZO (96.7 FM; WILLSBORO, NY; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WNCS (104.7 FM; MONTPELIER, VT; Owner: MONTPELIER BROADCASTING, INC.)
WCLX (102.5 FM; WESTPORT, NY; Owner: WESTPORT BROADCASTING)
WEQX (102.7 FM; MANCHESTER, VT; Owner: NORTHSHIRE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WANC (103.9 FM; TICONDEROGA, NY; Owner: WAMC)

TV broadcast stations around Moriah:

WPTZ (Channel 5; NORTH POLE, NY; Owner: HEARST-ARGYLE STATIONS, INC.)
W19BR (Channel 19; MONKTON, VT; Owner: PLATTSBURGH PARTNERS)

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