Morongo Valley vs Wrightwood

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

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

Wrightwood has the higher population (4,907 vs 3,907 in Morongo Valley). Wrightwood has the higher median household income ($78,496 vs $56,821 in Morongo Valley). Wrightwood has the higher median home value ($456,400 vs $265,100 in Morongo Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Morongo Valley	Wrightwood
Population	3,907	4,907
Median age	44.6 yrs	48.7 yrs
Median household income	$56,821	$78,496
Median home value	$265,100	$456,400
Median gross rent	$1,362	$1,668
Housing units	1,971	2,819
Homeownership rate	67.4%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	41.8%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Morongo Valley	Wrightwood
Population	3,090 → 3,907 (+26.4%)	3,984 → 4,907 (+23.2%)
Median household income	$53,386 → $56,821 (+6.4%)	$64,841 → $78,496 (+21.1%)
Median home value	$165,900 → $265,100 (+59.8%)	$342,600 → $456,400 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$899 → $1,362 (+51.5%)	$1,030 → $1,668 (+61.9%)

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

Wrightwood

Population

3,9844,907

Median household income

$64,841$78,496

Median home value

$342,600$456,400

Median gross rent

$1,030$1,668

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Morongo Valley	Wrightwood
Under 5	4.4%	4.3%
5 to 17	16.2%	12.9%
18 to 24	4.0%	5.2%
25 to 34	11.2%	9.9%
35 to 44	15.1%	13.4%
45 to 54	17.1%	8.2%
55 to 64	14.3%	15.0%
65 to 74	10.4%	22.5%
75 and over	7.3%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Morongo Valley	Wrightwood
White (non-Hispanic)	62.3%	74.4%
Black or African American	3.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.4%
Some other race	0.5%	1.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	30.9%	15.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Morongo Valley	Wrightwood
No high school diploma	8.9%	4.9%
High school graduate	25.5%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	49.2%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	20.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Morongo Valley	Wrightwood
Drove alone	80.3%	74.6%
Carpooled	5.6%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	19.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Morongo Valley	Wrightwood
1-unit, detached	80.9%	95.7%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.7%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Morongo Valley	Wrightwood
Poverty rate	22.9%	8.9%
Average household size	2.31	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	38	39
Median year structure built	1973	1974