Photo: Cristiano Tomás · CC BY-SA 4.0Morgan Hill has higher household incomes than 97% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 3.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 7.6 in San Jose. Below the poverty line: 4.1% of residents (California 12.0%). For jobs and income Morgan Hill is better than 84% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns (A−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Morgan Hill in brief
Morgan Hill and San Jose trade workers both ways
San Jose is the top workplace for Morgan Hill residents (28%) and also where the most people who work in Morgan Hill come from (20% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Morgan Hill workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Income, poverty and work: Morgan Hill’s grade explained
Household income holds Morgan Hill’s grade up ($163,920, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Morgan Hill could be anywhere from A− to A.
28% of working residents work in San Jose
Where Morgan Hill clocks in
28% of workers
5% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
How long Morgan Hill spends getting to work: about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Morgan Hill workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 16,026 commuters (the 23% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Who works in Morgan Hill, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 18,381 residents head out to work, 2,676 work right here, and 13,452 people come in from elsewhere.
About 41,000 people are in Morgan Hill on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Morgan Hill makes things: 29% of its jobs are in goods
16,128 jobs are based in Morgan Hill.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Morgan Hill, 2013 → 2023: 12,522 → 16,128. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Morgan Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Morgan Hill to work
About 17% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Good to walk, short on transit: Morgan Hill
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 7.1% across California.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 20,765 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 51% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 9% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 76% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.8% of Morgan Hill households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Morgan Hill’s commuters take a bus or train.
Morgan Hill places 260th of 969 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 32,000 to 62,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| 3 | Upper Arlington OH | 35,893 | $155K | 3.3% | 2.0% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Manhattan Beach CA | 33,122 | $204K | 4.5% | 3.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 67 | Cupertino CA | 58,333 | $235K | 4.1% | 4.0% | 11% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 94 | Newark CA | 47,895 | $169K | 4.3% | 4.3% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 258 | Spanish Fork UT | 48,837 | $105K | 6.6% | 2.3% | 15% | A− |
| 259 | Delaware OH | 46,636 | $100K | 7.8% | 2.6% | 16% | A− |
| 260 | Morgan Hill CA | 45,625 | $164K | 4.1% | 5.3% | 13% | A− |
| 261 | Clarence NY | 33,198 | $125K | 6.5% | 4.0% | 13% | A− |
| 262 | Ross Township PA | 32,218 | $93K | 6.7% | 3.2% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 969 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Morgan Hill, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Work next door: 28% of Morgan Hill’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Morgan Hill workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Hill | – | A− | A− | 34 min | $163,920 |
| San Martin | under 3% | A | A− | 34 min | $158,250 |
| San Jose | 28% | A− | A | 27 min | $146,427 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to San Jose. Darker towns draw more of Morgan Hill’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Morgan Hill: questions
What is the median household income in Morgan Hill?
$163,920 (±$8,235) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Morgan Hill?
4.1%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Morgan Hill?
34 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Morgan Hill work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Jose (28%, 15 mi), Santa Clara (5%, 24 mi), Sunnyvale (3%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Morgan Hill walkable?
Morgan Hill is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 11.3 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Morgan Hill without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 9% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Morgan Hill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Morgan Hill
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.