El Sobrante vs Moraga

A side-by-side comparison of El Sobrante and Moraga: population, income, housing, and more.

El Sobrante 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 15,823 in El Sobrante). Moraga has the higher median household income ($199,800 vs $112,622 in El Sobrante). Moraga has the higher median home value ($1,597,600 vs $695,900 in El Sobrante).

Population, income & housing

	El Sobrante	Moraga
Population	15,823	16,790
Median age	39.7 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$112,622	$199,800
Median home value	$695,900	$1,597,600
Median gross rent	$2,245	$3,119
Housing units	5,838	5,761
Homeownership rate	65.2%	84.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.9%	81.0%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	El Sobrante	Moraga
Population	13,818 → 15,823 (+14.5%)	17,539 → 16,790 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$86,626 → $112,622 (+30.0%)	$140,378 → $199,800 (+42.3%)
Median home value	$497,400 → $695,900 (+39.9%)	$1,140,700 → $1,597,600 (+40.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,623 → $2,245 (+38.3%)	$2,128 → $3,119 (+46.6%)

El Sobrante

Population

13,81815,823

Median household income

$86,626$112,622

Median home value

$497,400$695,900

Median gross rent

$1,623$2,245

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)

	El Sobrante	Moraga
Under 5	4.4%	5.1%
5 to 17	16.1%	16.5%
18 to 24	6.1%	16.0%
25 to 34	16.7%	4.4%
35 to 44	13.0%	12.6%
45 to 54	13.6%	12.6%
55 to 64	11.1%	12.0%
65 to 74	12.5%	11.2%
75 and over	6.7%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	El Sobrante	Moraga
White (non-Hispanic)	33.4%	61.2%
Black or African American	6.4%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	19.8%	21.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.7%
Two or more races	5.6%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	33.3%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	El Sobrante	Moraga
No high school diploma	11.1%	0.8%
High school graduate	20.3%	4.8%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	13.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	42.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	39.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	El Sobrante	Moraga
Drove alone	62.4%	45.0%
Carpooled	11.4%	5.6%
Public transit	7.1%	6.7%
Walked	0.5%	6.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	15.1%	35.6%
Other means	3.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	El Sobrante	Moraga
1-unit, detached	72.1%	70.8%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	13.6%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	3.6%
20 or more units	7.9%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	El Sobrante	Moraga
Poverty rate	9.8%	8.4%
Average household size	2.91	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	34	31
Median year structure built	1959	1972