IntelliMoveTake the quiz →Living in Morgan Hill, CA
Morgan Hill is a small city of 45,425 people in Santa Clara County, California. It's about 15 miles from San Jose, CA. Summer highs average 85°F and winter highs 61°F, with about 5 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $1.2M and rent runs about $2k a month.
45,425people
$1.2MTypical home
$2,474/moRent
85° / 61°Summer / winter
5"Snow
308Sunny days
55Rain/snow days
Is Morgan Hill right for you?
Take the 5-minute quiz and see your match — and how it stacks up against 34,000 other places.
Size & setting
- Small city of 45,425
- Part of a metro area
- About 3,511 people per sq mi
- 15 mi to San Jose, CA
- 15 mi to San Jose, CA
- Has its own stores and services
Money
- Typical home $1.2M (≈$7,632/mo)
- Median rent $2,474/mo
- Median household income $164k
- Property tax about 0.8% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 85°F
- Winter highs around 61°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 51°F)
- 308 sunny days a year (210 totally clear)
- 57 cloudy days a year
- 29 of 90 winter days are gray
- 55 days a year with rain or snow
- 5" of snow a year
- 2 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 4 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (225 per 100k)
- Low property crime (1,431 per 100k)
People
- Median age 39
- 39% of households have kids
- 15% are 65 or older
- 47% have a college degree
- Very diverse community
- 6% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 37 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 22 mi to SJC airport
- 22 mi to SJC (major hub)
- 36 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 77% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1990
- 97% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 361 ft
- 18 mi to the ocean
- 108 mi to a big lake
- 2 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 114 mi to the nearest ski area
- 5 mi to the nearest campground
- 33 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 1,418 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 101 bars within 25 mi
- 640 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 25 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 56 museums within 25 mi
- 16 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 10 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 43% of California districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 10 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 20 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- Dog park in town
- 3 congregations per 10k people
- 12 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Santa Clara County: D+40 in 2024
- California: D+20 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- High drought risk
- Very low winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk