Beaumont vs Lake Elsinore

A side-by-side comparison of Beaumont and Lake Elsinore: population, income, housing, and more.

Beaumont and Lake Elsinore are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lake Elsinore has the higher population (71,516 vs 54,817 in Beaumont). Beaumont has the higher median household income ($105,164 vs $96,527 in Lake Elsinore). Lake Elsinore has the higher median home value ($505,700 vs $464,000 in Beaumont).

Population, income & housing

	Beaumont	Lake Elsinore
Population	54,817	71,516
Median age	35.4 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$105,164	$96,527
Median home value	$464,000	$505,700
Median gross rent	$1,505	$1,915
Housing units	17,403	21,554
Homeownership rate	80.1%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.8%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaumont	Lake Elsinore
Population	47,144 → 54,817 (+16.3%)	65,817 → 71,516 (+8.7%)
Median household income	$84,105 → $105,164 (+25.0%)	$71,476 → $96,527 (+35.0%)
Median home value	$320,500 → $464,000 (+44.8%)	$352,600 → $505,700 (+43.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,320 → $1,505 (+14.0%)	$1,476 → $1,915 (+29.7%)

Beaumont

Population

47,14454,817

Median household income

$84,105$105,164

Median home value

$320,500$464,000

Median gross rent

$1,320$1,505

Lake Elsinore

Population

65,81771,516

Median household income

$71,476$96,527

Median home value

$352,600$505,700

Median gross rent

$1,476$1,915

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaumont	Lake Elsinore
Under 5	8.3%	7.1%
5 to 17	21.8%	20.5%
18 to 24	7.9%	9.2%
25 to 34	11.0%	15.9%
35 to 44	16.5%	15.6%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.4%
55 to 64	8.5%	10.0%
65 to 74	8.6%	6.7%
75 and over	5.2%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaumont	Lake Elsinore
White (non-Hispanic)	34.1%	30.3%
Black or African American	8.6%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	7.6%	6.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.4%	1.1%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	45.9%	52.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaumont	Lake Elsinore
No high school diploma	10.3%	17.1%
High school graduate	23.6%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaumont	Lake Elsinore
Drove alone	76.6%	70.4%
Carpooled	9.1%	14.2%
Public transit	1.0%	0.2%
Walked	1.1%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	11.2%	11.8%
Other means	0.9%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaumont	Lake Elsinore
1-unit, detached	88.5%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	6.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Beaumont	Lake Elsinore
Poverty rate	9.2%	9.4%
Average household size	3.20	3.50
Mean commute (minutes)	36	42
Median year structure built	2006	2002