Discovery Bay vs Moraga

A side-by-side comparison of Discovery Bay and Moraga: population, income, housing, and more.

Discovery Bay and Moraga are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Moraga has the higher population (16,790 vs 15,243 in Discovery Bay). Moraga has the higher median household income ($199,800 vs $154,792 in Discovery Bay). Moraga has the higher median home value ($1,597,600 vs $789,400 in Discovery Bay).

Population, income & housing

	Discovery Bay	Moraga
Population	15,243	16,790
Median age	44.4 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$154,792	$199,800
Median home value	$789,400	$1,597,600
Median gross rent	$2,897	$3,119
Housing units	6,101	5,761
Homeownership rate	88.7%	84.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.1%	81.0%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Discovery Bay	Moraga
Population	16,159 → 15,243 (-5.7%)	17,539 → 16,790 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$130,547 → $154,792 (+18.6%)	$140,378 → $199,800 (+42.3%)
Median home value	$615,900 → $789,400 (+28.2%)	$1,140,700 → $1,597,600 (+40.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,541 → $2,897 (+14.0%)	$2,128 → $3,119 (+46.6%)

Discovery Bay

Population

16,15915,243

Median household income

$130,547$154,792

Median home value

$615,900$789,400

Median gross rent

$2,541$2,897

Moraga

Population

17,53916,790

Median household income

$140,378$199,800

Median home value

$1,140,700$1,597,600

Median gross rent

$2,128$3,119

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Discovery Bay	Moraga
Under 5	5.3%	5.1%
5 to 17	17.8%	16.5%
18 to 24	6.7%	16.0%
25 to 34	10.8%	4.4%
35 to 44	10.2%	12.6%
45 to 54	14.4%	12.6%
55 to 64	15.5%	12.0%
65 to 74	10.8%	11.2%
75 and over	8.5%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Discovery Bay	Moraga
White (non-Hispanic)	61.8%	61.2%
Black or African American	5.7%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.1%	21.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	2.9%	0.7%
Two or more races	6.3%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	18.1%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Discovery Bay	Moraga
No high school diploma	5.5%	0.8%
High school graduate	21.0%	4.8%
Some college or associate's	40.3%	13.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	42.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	39.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Discovery Bay	Moraga
Drove alone	66.9%	45.0%
Carpooled	10.6%	5.6%
Public transit	0.3%	6.7%
Walked	0.8%	6.1%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.1%
Worked from home	18.9%	35.6%
Other means	2.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Discovery Bay	Moraga
1-unit, detached	92.0%	70.8%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	13.6%
2 to 4 units	0.1%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.6%
20 or more units	1.1%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Discovery Bay	Moraga
Poverty rate	6.0%	8.4%
Average household size	2.77	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	42	31
Median year structure built	1995	1972