THE MORAGA LAND BRIEF
Land in the
East Bay Hills/Western Diablo Range setting.
Moraga town has 9.46 square miles of land in Contra Costa County. Its Census reference point is in East Bay Hills/Western Diablo Range, within Central California Foothills and Coastal Mountains.
Oak woodland, chaparral and grassland occupy foothills and low coastal mountains around the Central Valley. Narrow agricultural valleys interrupt this landscape of dry summers and wetter winters.
Regional context: Central California Foothills and Coastal Mountains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Moraga and Contra Costa County
Moraga is associated with Contra Costa County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Moraga by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Moraga, or 0.1% of its total area. It is 10.7 percentage points lower than the 10.8% recorded for Contra Costa County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Moraga town has 63% of the land area of nearby Lafayette city (15 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

