Moraga vs Orinda

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

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

Orinda has the higher population (19,472 vs 16,790 in Moraga). Orinda has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $199,800 in Moraga). Orinda has the higher median home value ($1,804,400 vs $1,597,600 in Moraga).

Population, income & housing

	Moraga	Orinda
Population	16,790	19,472
Median age	41.4 yrs	49.1 yrs
Median household income	$199,800	$250,001
Median home value	$1,597,600	$1,804,400
Median gross rent	$3,119	$2,407
Housing units	5,761	7,584
Homeownership rate	84.3%	92.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	81.0%	85.4%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moraga	Orinda
Population	17,539 → 16,790 (-4.3%)	19,646 → 19,472 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$140,378 → $199,800 (+42.3%)	$223,217 → $250,001 (+12.0%)
Median home value	$1,140,700 → $1,597,600 (+40.1%)	$1,464,400 → $1,804,400 (+23.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,128 → $3,119 (+46.6%)	$2,813 → $2,407 (-14.4%)

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

Orinda

Population

19,64619,472

Median household income

$223,217$250,001

Median home value

$1,464,400$1,804,400

Median gross rent

$2,813$2,407

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Moraga	Orinda
Under 5	5.1%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.5%	19.2%
18 to 24	16.0%	4.5%
25 to 34	4.4%	3.7%
35 to 44	12.6%	12.0%
45 to 54	12.6%	16.4%
55 to 64	12.0%	15.1%
65 to 74	11.2%	11.3%
75 and over	9.6%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moraga	Orinda
White (non-Hispanic)	61.2%	67.6%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	21.6%	15.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.4%
Two or more races	6.5%	9.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moraga	Orinda
No high school diploma	0.8%	1.9%
High school graduate	4.8%	3.9%
Some college or associate's	13.4%	8.9%
Bachelor's degree	42.0%	39.4%
Graduate or professional degree	39.0%	46.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moraga	Orinda
Drove alone	45.0%	48.6%
Carpooled	5.6%	3.0%
Public transit	6.7%	10.4%
Walked	6.1%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	35.6%	35.4%
Other means	0.9%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moraga	Orinda
1-unit, detached	70.8%	94.9%
1-unit, attached	13.6%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	0.1%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.6%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Moraga	Orinda
Poverty rate	8.4%	2.0%
Average household size	2.69	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	31	36
Median year structure built	1972	1961