Best PlacesMorongo Valley, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Morongo Valley, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Morongo Valley ranks 47,382nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Morongo Valley
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Morongo Valley's strengths and weaknesses
Where Morongo Valley ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 196 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 93% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 92% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 90% of towns
- BikingBetter than 81% of towns
Where Morongo Valley ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Morongo Valley
A household needs to earn about $81,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Morongo Valley home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $54,365, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Morongo Valley's effective rate of 0.67%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Morongo Valley
Morongo Valley runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Morongo Valley.
Who works in Morongo Valley, and how
Work in Morongo Valley centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Morongo Valley
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Morongo Valley.
What the weather is like in Morongo Valley, month by month
Morongo Valley sees roughly 196 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 112 degrees. January highs sit near 72, with lows near 46. The comfortable stretch runs November through March.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 72° | 59° | 46° |
| April | 91° | 76° | 59° |
| July | 112° | 97° | 81° |
| October | 94° | 79° | 64° |
Flying in and out of Morongo Valley
The nearest airport, Palm Springs International, is about 17 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Ontario International, about 59 miles away.
The best schools in and around Morongo Valley
Schools across Morongo Valley average a D+, better than 20% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Joshua Tree ElementaryD− · 12% proficient
Top middle schools
- La Contenta MiddleD · 19% proficient
- Painted Hills MiddleD− · 13% proficient
Top high schools
- Desert Hot Springs HighC · 33% proficient
- Yucca Valley HighC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Morongo Valley school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Morongo Valley measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Morongo Valley against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Morongo Valley
Is Morongo Valley a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Morongo Valley ranks 47,382nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, transit, and big-city access, and lowest on air quality and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Morongo Valley expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $314,982. The overall cost of living runs about 12% above the national average. Set against a $54,365 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Morongo Valley safe?
Morongo Valley is safer than 30% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $411 per resident a year.
Compare Morongo Valley with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Morongo Valley. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Morongo Valley represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Morongo Valley detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Morongo Valley: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Morongo Valley: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Morongo Valley: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Morongo Valley: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Morongo Valley detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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