Morongo Valley is a very small town located in the state of California. With a population of 3,514 people and just one neighborhood, Morongo Valley is the 579th largest community in California.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Morongo Valley is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Morongo Valley is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Morongo Valley who work in office and administrative support (13.85%), art, media, and design (7.26%), and management occupations (7.11%).
Of important note, Morongo Valley is also a town of artists. Morongo Valley has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Morongo Valley’s character.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 13.30% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Morongo Valley is worth considering.
One downside of living in Morongo Valley is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Morongo Valley, the average commute to work is 37.12 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Morongo Valley rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.30% of adults 25 and older in Morongo Valley have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Morongo Valley in 2022 was $29,393, which is lower middle income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $117,572 for a family of four. However, Morongo Valley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Morongo Valley is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Morongo Valley home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Morongo Valley residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Morongo Valley also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 25.30% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Morongo Valley include Irish, German, English, European, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Morongo Valley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Slavic languages.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Morongo Valley, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Our research reveals that 89.5% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 95.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 95.4% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Iranian and Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 0.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Iranian ancestry and 21.6% have Irish ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 1.9% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 95.9% of the neighborhoods in America.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Morongo Valley are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 86.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 39.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 88.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 32.4% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 25.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.8%), and 18.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 78.2% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (18.5%).
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Morongo Valley, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (21.6%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (19.9%), and residents who report Mexican roots (11.7%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (7.2%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (4.0%), among others. In addition, 11.9% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (35.5% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (89.5%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.