Bay Area Census Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC)Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG)
HomeContact
CaliforniaBay AreaCountiesCitiesTracts/Blocks
TransportationHistorical DataMapsLinksFAQ
 
Town of Moraga
Conta Costa County
 

Decennial Census data
      1970-1990  |   2000-2010

1970 Census 1980 Census 1990 Census
TOTAL POPULATION 14,205 100.0% TOTAL POPULATION 15,014 100.0% TOTAL POPULATION 15,852 100.0%
  
RACE RACE RACE
White 13,984 98.4% White 14,122 94.1% White 14,230 89.8%
Negro 35 0.2% Black 153 1.0% Black 80 0.5%
Indian 9 0.1% American Indian, Eskimo, and Aleut 10 0.1% American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut 26 0.2%
Eskimo 0 0.0% Eskimo 0 0.0%
Aleut 0 0.0% Aleut 0 0.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 677 4.5% Asian or Pacific Islander 1,425 9.0%
Asian 1,418 8.9%
Japanese 46 0.3% Japanese 87 0.6% Japanese 207 1.3%
Chinese 79 0.6% Chinese 474 3.2% Chinese 988 6.2%
Filipino 12 0.1% Filipino 29 0.2% Filipino 74 0.5%
Korean 6 0.0% Korean 72 0.5%
Asian Indian 67 0.4% Asian Indian 26 0.2%
Vietnamese 4 0.0% Vietnamese 0 0.0%
Cambodian 0 0.0%
Hmong 0 0.0%
Laotian 0 0.0%
Thai 5 0.0%
Other Asian 46 0.3%
Pacific Islander 7 0.0%
Polynesian 7 0.0%
Hawaiian 0 0.0% Hawaiian 7 0.0%
Samoan 10 0.1% Samoan 0 0.0%
Tongan 0 0.0%
Other Polynesian 0 0.0%
Guamanian 0 0.0% Micronesian -- Guamanian 0 0.0%
Micronesian -- Other 0 0.0%
Melanesian 0 0.0%
Other Asian and Pacific Islander 0 0.0% Pacific Islander Not Specified 0 0.0%
All other 40 0.3% Race, n.e.c. 52 0.3% Other Race 91 0.6%
  
PERSONS OF SPANISH ORIGIN OR DESCENT 173 1.2% SPANISH ORIGIN 439 2.9% TOTAL HISPANIC 590 3.7%
  
SEX SEX SEX
Male 7,367 51.9% Male   Male 7,608 48.0%
Female 6,838 48.1% Female   Female 8,244 52.0%
 
AGE AGE AGE
Under 5 years 1,002 7.1% Under 5 years   Under 5 years 782 4.9%
5 to 19 years 5,364 37.8% 5 to 19 years   5 to 17 years 2,597 16.4%
20 to 64 years 7,442 52.4% 20 to 64 years   18 to 64 years 10,572 66.7%
65 years and over 397 2.8% 65 years and over   65 years and over 1,901 12.0%
Median age 25.3 X Median age 34.5 X Median age 39.6 X
  
HOUSEHOLDS HOUSEHOLDS HOUSEHOLDS
Head of household 3,687 100.0% Total households 4,873 100.0% Households 5,596 100.0%
Families 3,471 94.1% Families 3,944 80.9% Total families 4,369 78.1%
With own children under 18 years 2,459 66.7% With own children under 18 years 2,087 42.8% With own children under 18 years 1,876 33.5%
Persons per household 3.66 X Persons per household 2.90 X Persons per household 2.62 X
Persons per family   Persons per family 2.98 X
  
INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1969 INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1979 INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1989
Income of families and unrelated individuals 17,473 X Median household income 35,811 X Median household income 69,767 X
Median family income 39,914 X Median family income 79,619 X
Income of persons 5,375 X Per capita income 13,427 X Per capita income 31,122 X
Less than poverty level 3.6% Below poverty level 3.3% Below poverty level 3.2%
  
COMMUTING TO WORK COMMUTING TO WORK
Mean travel time to work (minutes) 29.6 X Mean minutes traveled to work 29.0 X
Mean travel time to work for workers traveling 45 or more minutes  
  
MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO WORK MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over 7,181 100.0% Workers 16 years and over 7,989 100.0%
Private vehicle 5,757 80.2% Car, truck, or van 6,574 82.3%
Drive alone car 4,497 62.6% Drove alone 5,458 68.3%
Drive alone truck or van 179 2.5%
Carpool car 1,029 14.3% Carpooled 1,116 14.0%
Carpool truck or van 52 0.7%  
Public transportation 828 11.5% Public transportation 807 10.0%
Bus or streetcar   Bus or trolley bus 57 0.7%
  Streetcar or trolley car 8 0.1%
Subway or elevated train   Subway or elevated 672 8.4%
Railroad   Railroad 70 0.9%
  Ferryboat 0 0.0%
Taxicab   Taxicab 0 0.0%
Motorcycle   Motorcycle 23 0.3%
Bicycle   Bicycle 40 0.5%
Walked only 322 4.5% Walked 248 3.1%
Other means 123 1.7% Other means 55 0.7%
Worked at home 151 2.1% Working at home 242 3.0%
Best printed in landscape format.
 
                Source: 1970 Census, 1980 Census, 1990 Census

Decennial Census data
      1970-1990  |   2000-2010


California   |    Bay Area   |    Counties   |    Cities  |    Tracts/Blocks   |    Transportation

Historical Data   |    Maps   |    Links   |    FAQ   |    Home   |    Contact   |    MTC   |    ABAG

MTC-ABAG Library, 101 Eighth St., Oakland, CA 94607
510-817-5836, library@mtc.ca.gov