† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupMoragaCaliforniaUnited States
German13.0%6.8%12.5%
English13.0%6.3%9.5%
Irish11.8%5.9%9.4%
Italian7.6%3.4%4.8%
American3.6%2.8%5.3%
French2.4%1.3%1.6%
Scottish2.4%0.9%1.3%
Polish2.1%0.9%2.2%
Filipino6.1%3.3%0.9%
Chinese5.3%3.9%1.3%
Asian Indian4.6%2.3%1.4%
Korean1.1%1.2%0.4%
Vietnamese1.0%1.7%0.6%
Japanese0.7%0.6%0.2%
Pakistani0.5%——
Afghan0.5%——
Mexican6.0%32.3%11.3%
Salvadoran0.9%2.0%0.7%
Guatemalan0.4%1.3%0.5%
Nicaraguan0.3%0.3%—
Peruvian0.3%——
Puerto Rican0.2%0.6%1.8%
Spaniard0.2%0.3%—
Spanish0.2%0.3%—
Aztec0.6%0.3%—
Maya0.4%——
Samoan0.4%——
African American†1.3%4.4%9.9%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Moraga
California
United States
Median age
40.1
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
15.5%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.9%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Moraga
California
United States
Median household income
$216,193
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
7.3%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
81.8%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Moraga
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
23.9%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
3.5%
28.4%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
2.7%
3.4%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
8.6%
3.5%
1.1%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
2.1%
2.0%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Moraga
California
United States
Catholic
—
26.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
9.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
55.2%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Moraga, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+16.9%
2008
+29.9%
2012
+20.9%
2016
+45.8%
2020
+53.3%
2024
+53.4%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
74.9%Harris7,049
21.6%Trump2,030
3.5%
D+53.4
D+0.1
D+54.8
9,405
D
75.5%Biden7,760
22.2%Trump2,286
2.2%
D+53.3
D+7.4
D+48.8
10,277
D
69.5%Clinton6,071
23.7%Trump2,071
6.7%
D+45.8
D+24.9
D+43.7
8,729
D
59.1%Obama5,436
38.2%Romney3,513
2.7%
D+20.9
R+9.0
D+17.1
9,196
D
64.9%Obama6,072
34.9%McCain3,269
0.2%
D+29.9
D+13.1
D+22.7
9,359
D
58.0%Kerry5,102
41.2%Bush3,618
0.8%
D+16.9
—
D+19.3
8,792
Moraga sits in the hills east of Oakland within the high-income Lamorinda corridor, where registered voters participate at rates well above Contra Costa County averages and college-educated households form the dominant demographic bloc.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 53.4 points in 2024. The 2024 margin was 53.4 points.
A population of 16,769, a 61% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $216,193 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Orinda and Lafayette.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Moraga, California voted Democratic by 53.4 points (D+53.4), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 9,405 votes cast, 7,049 went Democratic and 2,030 went Republican.
How many people live in Moraga, California?
Moraga, California has a population of 16,769 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Moraga, California?
Median household income in Moraga, California is $216,193 — above the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Moraga, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Moraga, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
