City of Morgan Hill Communications Assessment

• 24,713 (65.2%) White • 12,863 (34.0%) Hispanic or Latino of any race • 5,779 (15.3%) from other races • 3,852 (10.2%) Asian • 2,332 (6.2%) from two or more races

• 746 (2.0%) African American • 335 (0.9%) Native American • 125 (0.3%) Pacific Islander As of 2010, the median age in the City was 36.8 years, which is on par with the median age in

Santa Clara County. The City population had: • 10,838 people (28.6%) under the age of 18

• 2,909 people (7.7%) aged 18 to 24 • 10,000 people (26.4%) aged 25 to 44 • 10,537 people (27.8%) aged 45 to 64 • 3,598 people (9.5%) who were 65 years of age or older 5

Per the same 2010 U.S. Census data, the median household income was over $96,000, which is very close to the County’s median household income. The median value of owner-occupied housing units was $588,000 (lower than the County median of $746,500), and the owner- occupied housing unit rate from 2010-2014 within the City was 71.4% (significantly higher than the County rate of 56.1%). On average, there are approximately 3.06 persons per household with approximately 12,900 households in the City. Approximately 88% of the population age 25 or older is a high school graduate (County average is 87%), and 38% of the population age 25 or older has a Bachelor's degree or higher (below the County average of 47%). From 2010-2014, the mean travel time to work (for workers age 16 and older) was 31.7 minutes—higher than the County’s average of 25.6 minutes. 6 The most common language spoken in the City other than English is Spanish. 30.3% of City residents speak a non-English language at home: Spanish or Spanish Creole - 19.3%; other Indo-European languages - 5.7%; Asian and Pacific Island languages - 5.1%. 7 The Importance of Communications Local government is the institution of government closest to the people. It is often a citizen’s only point of civic engagement in any given year. It is also the most trusted form of

5 Ibid. 6 Ibid. 7 http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/14_5YR/S1601/1600000US0649278

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