Homestead Valley vs Morongo Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Homestead Valley and Morongo Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Morongo Valley has the higher population (3,907 vs 2,772 in Homestead Valley). Morongo Valley has the higher median household income ($56,821 vs $39,954 in Homestead Valley). Morongo Valley has the higher median home value ($265,100 vs $214,800 in Homestead Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Homestead Valley	Morongo Valley
Population	2,772	3,907
Median age	49.4 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$39,954	$56,821
Median home value	$214,800	$265,100
Median gross rent	$992	$1,362
Housing units	2,017	1,971
Homeownership rate	88.0%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	14.6%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Homestead Valley	Morongo Valley
Population	2,865 → 2,772 (-3.2%)	3,090 → 3,907 (+26.4%)
Median household income	$31,864 → $39,954 (+25.4%)	$53,386 → $56,821 (+6.4%)
Median home value	$146,600 → $214,800 (+46.5%)	$165,900 → $265,100 (+59.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,014 → $992 (-2.2%)	$899 → $1,362 (+51.5%)

Homestead Valley

Population

2,8652,772

Median household income

$31,864$39,954

Median home value

$146,600$214,800

Median gross rent

$1,014$992

Morongo Valley

Population

3,0903,907

Median household income

$53,386$56,821

Median home value

$165,900$265,100

Median gross rent

$899$1,362

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Homestead Valley	Morongo Valley
Under 5	4.8%	4.4%
5 to 17	12.5%	16.2%
18 to 24	3.2%	4.0%
25 to 34	13.2%	11.2%
35 to 44	9.3%	15.1%
45 to 54	13.2%	17.1%
55 to 64	17.1%	14.3%
65 to 74	18.6%	10.4%
75 and over	8.1%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Homestead Valley	Morongo Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	65.7%	62.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.6%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	27.3%	30.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Homestead Valley	Morongo Valley
No high school diploma	16.1%	8.9%
High school graduate	24.4%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	46.4%	49.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Homestead Valley	Morongo Valley
Drove alone	53.6%	80.3%
Carpooled	13.8%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.9%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.5%	13.6%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Homestead Valley	Morongo Valley
1-unit, detached	87.8%	80.9%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	13.7%

Poverty & households

	Homestead Valley	Morongo Valley
Poverty rate	32.2%	22.9%
Average household size	2.32	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	36	38
Median year structure built	1965	1973