Morongo Valley, California.
Typical home $323,728 (+1.4% in a year). Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$950 (+127%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $4,438 +1%
- $319,290$323,728 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $16,274 +5%
- $307,454$323,728 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Morongo Valley$1,699
- California$3,997
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 67 years.
Typical home values in Morongo Valley, CA rose 1.4% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Morongo Valley, San Bernardino County, California
Morongo Valley, in San Bernardino County, had 3,514 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $51,949 a year and half less, against $85,478 across San Bernardino County. 71% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 29% are rented. Unemployment in San Bernardino County was 5.7% in August 2026, and the county had 0.4% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then professional services.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Morongo Valley is a small desert community in San Bernardino County, with a population on the older side and most homes lived in by their owners. Household incomes run well below the county's, and fewer adults hold a four-year degree than you might expect. Winters are mild and summers are hot, with only a little rain or melted snow through the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, in professional and business services, in the building trades, and in restaurants, hotels and entertainment. Across San Bernardino County, some of the largest workplaces are Loma Linda University Medical Center, San Bernardino City Unified and UPS. Commutes are long, and a good number of people work from home. Unemployment across the county is a little lower than a year ago, and the number of jobs has grown slightly.
Things to do. Several protected areas lie a short drive away, including Mission Creek Preserve, Whitewater Preserve and Sand to Snow National Monument, all good for walking in the desert and the mountains beyond. Farther afield, Big Bear Lake is a reservoir in the mountains and the Palm Springs Art Museum offers a change of pace, both a longer drive away.
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- 1,785households
- 17%of adults have a degree
- 37 mintypical commute
- 17%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. San Bernardino County had 848,961 jobs in 2025, 0.4% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in December, with highs near 59° and lows near 40°; warmest in August, with highs near 94° and lows near 70°. About 9 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Morongo Valley North weather station, a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in San Bernardino County
- Yaamava Resort and Casino at San ManuelResort hotels with casinos7,449
- San Bernardino City UnifiedSchool district5,915FTE
- Loma Linda University Medical CenterGeneral hospital5,689FTE
- UPSCouriers and express delivery services4,060
- Empire Workforce SolutionsEmployment agencies3,850
- Fontana UnifiedSchool district3,692FTE
- AmazonGeneral warehousing and storage3,599
- AmazonGeneral warehousing and storage3,541
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 1,624 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 285,165 people in all across the county; Morongo Valley has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Inland floodingVery high
- LandslidesRelatively high
- WildfireRelatively high
- EarthquakesRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Morongo Valley’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on San Bernardino County and the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA metro.
Morongo Valley home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Morongo Valley$323,728
- California$761,538
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 5 Morongo Valley listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Morongo Valley21.40%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Morongo Valley36
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Morongo Valley7
Zip codes with a Morongo Valley address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Morongo Valley — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.