East Hemet vs Rancho Mirage

A side-by-side comparison of East Hemet and Rancho Mirage: population, income, housing, and more.

East Hemet and Rancho Mirage are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

East Hemet has the higher population (20,292 vs 17,375 in Rancho Mirage). Rancho Mirage has the higher median household income ($109,943 vs $80,621 in East Hemet). Rancho Mirage has the higher median home value ($747,800 vs $370,300 in East Hemet).

Population, income & housing

	East Hemet	Rancho Mirage
Population	20,292	17,375
Median age	32.5 yrs	65.0 yrs
Median household income	$80,621	$109,943
Median home value	$370,300	$747,800
Median gross rent	$1,620	$1,575
Housing units	5,917	14,936
Homeownership rate	62.8%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	46.5%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Hemet	Rancho Mirage
Population	20,211 → 20,292 (+0.4%)	18,193 → 17,375 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$53,964 → $80,621 (+49.4%)	$78,682 → $109,943 (+39.7%)
Median home value	$243,100 → $370,300 (+52.3%)	$498,700 → $747,800 (+49.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,311 → $1,620 (+23.6%)	$1,191 → $1,575 (+32.2%)

East Hemet

Population

20,21120,292

Median household income

$53,964$80,621

Median home value

$243,100$370,300

Median gross rent

$1,311$1,620

Rancho Mirage

Population

18,19317,375

Median household income

$78,682$109,943

Median home value

$498,700$747,800

Median gross rent

$1,191$1,575

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Hemet	Rancho Mirage
Under 5	7.3%	2.3%
5 to 17	21.4%	7.3%
18 to 24	9.1%	3.0%
25 to 34	15.7%	3.7%
35 to 44	13.5%	6.4%
45 to 54	12.2%	9.1%
55 to 64	8.6%	18.3%
65 to 74	7.9%	23.4%
75 and over	4.2%	26.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Hemet	Rancho Mirage
White (non-Hispanic)	35.7%	76.8%
Black or African American	3.6%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.4%
Asian	2.9%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	54.8%	15.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Hemet	Rancho Mirage
No high school diploma	21.1%	5.1%
High school graduate	30.6%	17.6%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	23.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	23.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Hemet	Rancho Mirage
Drove alone	75.6%	64.2%
Carpooled	12.9%	4.7%
Public transit	0.9%	0.5%
Walked	0.6%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.8%	26.9%
Other means	2.3%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Hemet	Rancho Mirage
1-unit, detached	84.1%	57.2%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	26.6%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	2.7%
20 or more units	1.6%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	East Hemet	Rancho Mirage
Poverty rate	18.3%	10.9%
Average household size	3.60	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	36	26
Median year structure built	1975	1987