Morgan Hill vs Palo Alto

A side-by-side comparison of Morgan Hill and Palo Alto: population, income, housing, and more.

Morgan Hill and Palo Alto are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Palo Alto has the higher population (67,231 vs 45,152 in Morgan Hill). Palo Alto has the higher median household income ($220,408 vs $159,758 in Morgan Hill). Palo Alto has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,127,600 in Morgan Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Morgan Hill	Palo Alto
Population	45,152	67,231
Median age	38.8 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$159,758	$220,408
Median home value	$1,127,600	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$2,275	$3,328
Housing units	15,025	29,104
Homeownership rate	72.3%	54.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.0%	82.4%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Morgan Hill	Palo Alto
Population	44,686 → 45,152 (+1.0%)	66,573 → 67,231 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$124,419 → $159,758 (+28.4%)	$158,271 → $220,408 (+39.3%)
Median home value	$855,100 → $1,127,600 (+31.9%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,763 → $2,275 (+29.0%)	$2,569 → $3,328 (+29.5%)

Morgan Hill

Population

44,68645,152

Median household income

$124,419$159,758

Median home value

$855,100$1,127,600

Median gross rent

$1,763$2,275

Palo Alto

Population

66,57367,231

Median household income

$158,271$220,408

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,569$3,328

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Morgan Hill	Palo Alto
Under 5	7.7%	5.2%
5 to 17	18.7%	17.1%
18 to 24	7.5%	6.0%
25 to 34	11.3%	11.7%
35 to 44	13.4%	12.5%
45 to 54	13.9%	15.2%
55 to 64	13.3%	12.9%
65 to 74	8.6%	9.0%
75 and over	5.6%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Morgan Hill	Palo Alto
White (non-Hispanic)	39.0%	47.3%
Black or African American	2.3%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	16.7%	36.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.7%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.9%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	36.4%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Morgan Hill	Palo Alto
No high school diploma	8.9%	3.0%
High school graduate	17.1%	5.1%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	9.5%
Bachelor's degree	28.3%	27.2%
Graduate or professional degree	15.8%	55.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Morgan Hill	Palo Alto
Drove alone	66.1%	46.7%
Carpooled	10.6%	3.9%
Public transit	1.7%	3.1%
Walked	1.4%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.7%	6.9%
Worked from home	18.8%	33.3%
Other means	0.8%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Morgan Hill	Palo Alto
1-unit, detached	60.2%	56.0%
1-unit, attached	17.7%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	12.0%
20 or more units	4.7%	20.3%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Morgan Hill	Palo Alto
Poverty rate	3.9%	5.4%
Average household size	3.07	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	35	23
Median year structure built	1989	1963