Village · Cayuga County, New York

Moravia, New York

Moravia is a village in Cayuga County, New York, part of the Auburn, NY metro area. It has 1,385 residents. Moravia, New York has a quality-of-life score of 47 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #8,331 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within New York it ranks #733 of 859 cities and towns. It ranks best on homicide rate (low), hot days (low) and mental health care shortage (low). It ranks worst on new business applications (low), comfortable days (low) and effective property tax rate (high).

47Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #8,331 of 15,651 cities and towns
New York: #733 of 859 in NY
Population: 1,385 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 813.2 /mi²
FIPS code: 3648296

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 72 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety95#858/15,637
Economy38#9,718/15,631
Housing27#11,007/14,977
Health50#7,876/15,609
Healthcare31#10,817/15,650
Environment72#4,399/15,453
Education57#6,674/15,649
Infrastructure32#10,639/15,650
Community46#8,426/15,651
Leisure & amenities33#10,437/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Moravia, New York ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Cayuga County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100New York 2.7 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataCayuga County value
Hot days · low3 days
92/100New York 3 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationCayuga County value
Mental health care shortage · low0.0
91/100New York 4.8United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationCayuga County value
Students per teacher · low11.7×
88/100New York 12.0×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsCayuga County value
Home price to income ratio · low2.1×
88/100New York 4.9×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low6.2 µg/m³
87/100New York 7.2 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyCayuga County value

Weaknesses

New business applications · low6.3 /1k
1/100New York 15.1 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauCayuga County value
Comfortable days · low22.4%
4/100New York 22.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationCayuga County value
Effective property tax rate · high2.15%
5/100New York 1.30%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Average commute time · high24.2 min
8/100New York 32.6 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Preventable hospital stays · high4,035 /100k
8/100New York 2,733 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCayuga County value
Hospital quality rating · low2.0
9/100New York 2.8United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesCayuga County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
1,306 (2015-2019) → 1,385 (2020-2024)
+6%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
25.7% (2015-2019) → 50.4% (2020-2024)
+25 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
79.5% (2015-2019) → 92.1% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
19.5% (2015-2019) → 29.1% (2020-2024)
+9.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
21.1% (2015-2019) → 30.1% (2020-2024)
+9 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
0.6% (2015-2019) → 6.2% (2020-2024)
+5.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Moravia, New York improved on 2 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 9 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved2

Bachelor's++9.6 points19.5% → 29.1%
Broadband+13 points79.5% → 92.1%

Declined1

Rent burden+25 points25.7% → 50.4%

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Moravia, New York between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	24.1 min2015-2019	24.2 min2020-2024	+0.1 min	Within the margin of error	46%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%2015-2019	29.1%2020-2024	+9.6 points	Improved	89%
Broadband subscriptions	79.5%2015-2019	92.1%2020-2024	+13 points	Improved	71%
Effective property tax rate	2.46%2015-2019	2.15%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	75%
High school diploma or higher	92.3%2015-2019	93.2%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	45%
Home price to income ratio	1.9×2015-2019	2.1×2020-2024	+0.2×	Within the margin of error	71%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4022015-2019	0.3932020-2024	−0.008	Within the margin of error	58%
Median household income	$56,1842015-2019	$63,0732020-2024	+12%	Within the margin of error	20%
Poverty rate	10.3%2015-2019	10.6%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	41%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	21.1%2015-2019	30.1%2020-2024	+9 points	Within the margin of error	11%
Rent-burdened households	25.7%2015-2019	50.4%2020-2024	+25 points	Declined	5%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Moravia, New York five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Moravia, New York in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Moravia, New York itself moved −7.7 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,385 residents (±202)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 60–69 women (−4.2 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,385 residents (±202)

Moravia, New York
New York share

White88%1,217
Black0.6%†8
Hispanic or Latino0.4%†6

Education

843 residents (±124)

Moravia, New York
New York share

No high school diploma6.8%†57
High school or GED28%233
Some college24%†200

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

517 households (±90)

Moravia, New York
New York share

Under $25k19%†96
$25k–50k17%†89
$50k–75k19%†96
$75k–100k16%†84
$100k–150k20%†104
$150k–200k4.8%†25
$200k or more4.4%†23

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

517 households (±90)

Moravia, New York
New York share

Own72%370
Rent28%†147

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

131 households (±55)

Moravia, New York
New York share

Under $75031%†40
$750–1,00047%†61
$1,000–1,50020%†26

Home values

370 homes (±74)

Moravia, New York
New York share

Under $150k63%†233
$150k–250k33%†123
$250k–400k2.4%†9

Age of homes

565 homes (±94)

Moravia, New York
New York share

2010 or later1.6%†9
2000–20091.4%†8
1980–199912%†69

Size of homes

565 homes (±94)

Moravia, New York
New York share

Studio0.9%†5
1 bedroom12%†70
2 bedrooms25%†139

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

588 workers (±116)

Moravia, New York
New York share

Drive alone75%440
Carpool8.5%†50
Public transit0.0%0
Walk8.2%†48
Bike0.0%0
Work from home8.5%†50
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+6.6 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

538 workers (±107)

Moravia, New York
New York share

Under 15 min30%†164
15–29 min19%†101
30–44 min38%204

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Auburn, NY

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Cayuga County, the county holding most of Moravia's residents.

Cayuga County has 1,509 employer establishments, 202 for every 10,000 residents (0.82× the US rate of 248; 0.74× New York's), with 17,820 paid employees at an average annual pay of $48,413. The Census Bureau also counts 4,693 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,509; 4,693 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 202; US 248 · New York 274
Paid employees: 17,820
Average annual pay: $48,413; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Cayuga County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	144	19.3	1.25×About typical	687	$68,728	377
Restaurants and other eating places	125	16.8	0.91×About typical	1,574	$21,543	18
Ambulatory health care services	103	13.8	0.66×Fewer than typical	945	$75,737	204
Construction of buildings	68	9.1	1.21×About typical	151	$46,530	157
Automotive repair and maintenance	54	7.2	1.44×More than typical	266	$44,207	76
Full-service restaurants	53	7.1	0.93×About typical	771	$22,038	5
Limited-service restaurants	51	6.8	0.85×About typical	611	$20,295	8
Building equipment contractors	45	6	1.00×About typical	265	$60,834	51
Services to buildings and dwellings	42	5.6	0.84×About typical	115	$47,270	274
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	40	5.4	1.70×More than typical	192	$76,589	64
Truck transportation	40	5.4	1.06×About typical	437	$67,307	92
Religious organizations	36	4.8	0.87×About typical	113	$22,841	—

Rank places for an industry Open Cayuga County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 74,563 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Moravia is mostly in Cayuga County.

See federal money in Cayuga County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Moravia, New York is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).