Living in Morgan Hill, CA
Suburb in California
Morgan Hill is a suburb in California, home to about 45,000 people, with 2.5 million living within 31 mi. Day to day, much of daily life is walkable. Life moves at a fast pace, and homes are a mix of apartments and houses.
Is Morgan Hill a good place to live? Pros and cons
👍 Pros
- Family-friendly: playgrounds, family attractions and plenty of households with kids
- Great outdoors: hills or mountains nearby
- Safe: violent crime is 0.3× the US rate (FBI 2019)
- Dog-friendly: 6 dog parks within 9 mi
👎 Cons
- Pricey housing: a typical 3-bedroom home is about $1.09M, and rent is $4,600 a month
- Higher taxes: about $3,279 state income tax per resident, 0.79% property tax
- Quieter on culture: few museums and attractions nearby
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Key facts
Living in Morgan Hill: common questions
What is the cost of living in Morgan Hill?
A typical 3-bedroom home is worth about $1.09M, and a 3-bedroom rents for about $4,600 a month including utilities. Overall living costs are above the US average (index 110, where the US is 100).
What are taxes like in Morgan Hill?
California collects about $3,279 in state income tax per resident, and homeowners here pay about 0.79% of their home's value in property tax each year.
Is Morgan Hill safe?
Violent crime is well below the national rate (0.3× in FBI 2019 data).
What is the weather like in Morgan Hill?
Morgan Hill has mild winters: winter days average around 62°F and summer days around 86°F.
Does Morgan Hill get natural disasters?
Natural disaster risk is moderate, mainly from earthquakes and flooding: 5 federally declared disasters have hit the county since 2000, and FEMA expects about 1.43 deaths or injuries per 100,000 residents a year.
What is the nearest major airport to Morgan Hill?
The nearest major airport is SJC, about 22 mi away.
How Morgan Hill scores
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