City in California, United States

Moreno Valley

$541kMedian Home
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Moreno Valley is a city in Riverside County, California, United States, and is part of the Riverside–San Bernardino–Ontario metropolitan area. It is the second-largest city in Riverside County by population and one of the Inland Empire's population centers. The city's population was 208,634 at the 2020 census. Moreno Valley is also part of the greater Los Angeles area.

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Where It Is

Location Context
Moreno Valley, California
Latitude33.94°
Longitude-117.23°
Population204k
Altitude1,631 ft

State Context

CaliforniaU.S. state

California is a U.S. state in the Western United States that lies on the Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, and Nevada and Arizona to the east; it also shares an international border with the Mexican state of Baja California to the south. With over 39 million residents across an area of 163,696 square miles (423,970 km2), it is the largest U.S.Wikipedia

Income tax: 1.00% - 14.40%Avg sales tax: 8.85%Property tax: 0.69%Official school data available

About the Region

California

California contains multitudes in a way that makes any single characterization misleading. The Bay Area and Los Angeles operate as global city-states, with housing markets, income levels, and cultural gravity that put them in direct competition with London and Tokyo rather than with other American metros. Both have lost net domestic migrants to lower-cost states for most of the last decade — primarily to Texas, Arizona, and Nevada — though both also continue to be net draws for international migration and maintain labor markets of extraordinary depth and diversity.

But California's geography is vast. The Central Valley offers costs of living that rival the Midwest with driving distance to the Sierra Nevada; the North Coast is one of the most beautiful and least-crowded stretches of American coastline; and the smaller cities of the inland valleys represent genuinely different lifestyle profiles. For remote workers who can absorb the state income tax and housing cost, the combination of climate diversity, outdoor access, and cultural institution density remains difficult to replicate anywhere in the world.

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City Profile

Median Age32 yrs
College Educated17%bachelor's or higher
Work From Home6%of workforce
Poverty Rate13%
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Cost of Living

Housing
$2k/mo
Median rent
$541k
Median home price
Rent burden34% of income
Household Income
$83k
Median annual
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Livability

Getting AroundMixed mobility
Best available read from walkability, transit, and density signals

Mixed day-to-day convenience.

Safety Score
69
Walk Score
51
Transit Score
34
School Rating
5.3/10
Internet
Fiber
65%
Cable
98%
address availability
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Current Conditions

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