MoradaCA
A town of 3,383.
What should you know before moving to Morada?
Homes are expensive, about $737K for a typical one and 8 times the Stockton metro’s $92K median household income. Overall it grades C−, 547th of 841 graded towns in California. The median household earns $97K. Its weakest subject is hazard risk: FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 75% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. Only 100 of California’s 1,063 towns score lower on walkability.
98% of working residents leave Morada for work
Where Morada’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Morada grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Morada is from typical.
Its grades run from A for jobs and income (better than 89% of comparable towns) to D− for cost of living (better than 4%), so the C− overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Morada: who provides what
Morada is unincorporated, so San Joaquin County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Morada.
Morada has a longer frost-free season than nearly all U.S. towns and sends most of its workers to Stockton and beyond, but it has little public open land.
Morada stands out in California and nationally, with fewer of its residents who live below the poverty line
Morada has 346 jobs for its 1,797 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
2.1% of Morada working residents work locally. The top destinations are Stockton (30%), Lodi (7%) and Sacramento (4%). Half the trips to work are shorter than 11 miles.
| Morada | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 2% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.1% | 6.6% | 8% |
| Median household income | $97,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Morada’s schools rank behind 52% of California districts
One of its 3 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. Its public schools are run by the Lodi Unified school district. 3 public schools serve Morada, with 1,490 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morada MiddleLargest public middle schoolGrades 7–8 | Grades 7–8 | 685 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
Young adults are less common in Morada than in California
For Morada, the age of the median resident is 49.8 years. Adults 18 to 34 are 11% of residents (24% statewide); people 65 and older are 27% of residents (16% statewide). The share of residents in Morada who are under 18: 19%. Morada: just over a third of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more, above both California’s towns (29%) and U.S. towns (29%).
| Morada | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 49.8 years | 39 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 27% | 16% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 19% | 22% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 35% | 29% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 34% and 58% women
The Census survey reached too few of Morada’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±11.9 points. Across California, 50.1% of residents are women.
| Morada | CA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8% | 11.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.6% | 10.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.8% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 5% | 14.8% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.7% | 13.9% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.9% | 12.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.9% | 12.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.8% | 9.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 16.3% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 9.6% | 15.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 27.5% | 20.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 19.4% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.3% | 7.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 18.7% | 22.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 16.6% | 14.4% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,400, single groups can be off by several points
The biggest natural risk in Morada is inland flooding, at a high overall level
Expected losses in Morada break down as 58% from inland flooding and 27% from earthquakes. The town has had 2 paid flood insurance claims since 2022.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Mild winters and hot summers in Morada
The Stockton Fire Stn 4 weather station, 5 miles away, records that the frost-free season runs about 305 days, longer than in 95% of U.S. towns. July afternoons average 94°, hotter than in 95% of U.S. towns; January nights average 39.1°.
Morada’s January low is 39°F, where California’s towns sit at 41°F and U.S. towns at 22°F. The typical July afternoon high for Morada comes to 94°F. Snow is a rarity.
| Morada | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 94°F | 89°F | 85°F |
| January low | 39°F | 41°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Morada is less healthy than 58% of U.S. towns
Against the 9,040 U.S. towns with household incomes like Morada’s, it is less healthy than 79%, so it trails even them.
76% of adults had a checkup this year in Morada. The town does better than the California average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 11. Two figures for adults in the town: 15% have diabetes, 38% have high blood pressure.
| Morada | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 16% | 16% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 12% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 31% | 35% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 22% | 19% |
| What stands out | Morada | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 12.4% | 15.3% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 12.7% | 14.9% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.4% | 5.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
A larger share of households live in a home they own in Morada than in most of California or the rest of the country
The typical Morada home is worth about $737,000, up 1.5% in a year, close to the California typical home. Its rent at the middle of the market is $1,867 a month.
| Morada | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 93% | 64% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,867 a month | $1,898 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Morada has set aside 0.6% of its land for conservation
Just 11 of its 1,902 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Morada itself; its outdoors grade is C−.
Morada has one park or preserve, 5 acres in all.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Shippee Home Ranch Park | — | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Mount Diablo and 27 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Morada. Close and well known come first.
38 mi MountainMount Diablo
6 mi Stadium & arenaAdventist Health Arena
39 mi State parkSutter's Fort
37 mi Stadium & arenaHornet Stadium
40 mi State parkGovernor's Mansion State Historic Park
7 mi MuseumHaggin MuseumPhoto credits
Mount Diablo: Trurl66, Public domain · Adventist Health Arena: Christopher Bauer, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Sutter's Fort: Ian Howard, CC BY 2.5 · Hornet Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 · Governor's Mansion State Historic Park: Mark James Miller, CC BY 3.0 · Haggin Museum: Bluelight999, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Everything we know about Morada
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Morada
About 4 of every 100 Morada residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
About Morada
Census-designated place in California, United States
Morada (Spanish for "Residence") is a census-designated place (CDP) in San Joaquin County, California, United States. It is adjacent to Stockton. The population was 4,054 at the 2020 census, up from 3,828 at the 2010 census.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 3.0 sq mi
- Elevation
- 43 ft
Morada’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Morada.
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Questions about Morada
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Morada, CA a good place to live?
Morada grades C− overall, better than 15% of U.S. towns and #547 of 841 in California. It grades C+ for health and B− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Morada, CA expensive?
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D−.