Morongo Valley vs Needles

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

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

Needles has the higher population (4,882 vs 3,907 in Morongo Valley). Morongo Valley has the higher median household income ($56,821 vs $39,876 in Needles). Morongo Valley has the higher median home value ($265,100 vs $134,400 in Needles).

Population, income & housing

	Morongo Valley	Needles
Population	3,907	4,882
Median age	44.6 yrs	49.6 yrs
Median household income	$56,821	$39,876
Median home value	$265,100	$134,400
Median gross rent	$1,362	$742
Housing units	1,971	2,848
Homeownership rate	67.4%	54.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	9.2%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	12.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Morongo Valley	Needles
Population	3,090 → 3,907 (+26.4%)	4,965 → 4,882 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$53,386 → $56,821 (+6.4%)	$33,717 → $39,876 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$165,900 → $265,100 (+59.8%)	$88,500 → $134,400 (+51.9%)
Median gross rent	$899 → $1,362 (+51.5%)	$649 → $742 (+14.3%)

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

Needles

Population

4,9654,882

Median household income

$33,717$39,876

Median home value

$88,500$134,400

Median gross rent

$649$742

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Morongo Valley	Needles
Under 5	4.4%	2.9%
5 to 17	16.2%	15.8%
18 to 24	4.0%	6.1%
25 to 34	11.2%	5.4%
35 to 44	15.1%	14.1%
45 to 54	17.1%	9.0%
55 to 64	14.3%	23.6%
65 to 74	10.4%	14.0%
75 and over	7.3%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Morongo Valley	Needles
White (non-Hispanic)	62.3%	54.5%
Black or African American	3.1%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	6.7%
Asian	0.9%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	30.9%	30.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Morongo Valley	Needles
No high school diploma	8.9%	21.7%
High school graduate	25.5%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	49.2%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Morongo Valley	Needles
Drove alone	80.3%	83.3%
Carpooled	5.6%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Morongo Valley	Needles
1-unit, detached	80.9%	62.1%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.8%
Mobile home & other	13.7%	15.4%

Poverty & households

	Morongo Valley	Needles
Poverty rate	22.9%	29.1%
Average household size	2.31	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	38	19
Median year structure built	1973	1977