East Hemet vs Woodcrest

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

East Hemet and Woodcrest 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 17,111 in Woodcrest). Woodcrest has the higher median household income ($139,659 vs $80,621 in East Hemet). Woodcrest has the higher median home value ($679,400 vs $370,300 in East Hemet).

Population, income & housing

	East Hemet	Woodcrest
Population	20,292	17,111
Median age	32.5 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$80,621	$139,659
Median home value	$370,300	$679,400
Median gross rent	$1,620	$2,875
Housing units	5,917	4,991
Homeownership rate	62.8%	90.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	30.0%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Hemet	Woodcrest
Population	20,211 → 20,292 (+0.4%)	17,859 → 17,111 (-4.2%)
Median household income	$53,964 → $80,621 (+49.4%)	$102,625 → $139,659 (+36.1%)
Median home value	$243,100 → $370,300 (+52.3%)	$487,100 → $679,400 (+39.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,311 → $1,620 (+23.6%)	$1,730 → $2,875 (+66.2%)

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

Woodcrest

Population

17,85917,111

Median household income

$102,625$139,659

Median home value

$487,100$679,400

Median gross rent

$1,730$2,875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Hemet	Woodcrest
Under 5	7.3%	6.1%
5 to 17	21.4%	17.8%
18 to 24	9.1%	7.1%
25 to 34	15.7%	13.7%
35 to 44	13.5%	13.4%
45 to 54	12.2%	13.5%
55 to 64	8.6%	10.5%
65 to 74	7.9%	9.7%
75 and over	4.2%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Hemet	Woodcrest
White (non-Hispanic)	35.7%	39.0%
Black or African American	3.6%	9.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.9%	6.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.9%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	54.8%	39.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Hemet	Woodcrest
No high school diploma	21.1%	7.7%
High school graduate	30.6%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Hemet	Woodcrest
Drove alone	75.6%	77.4%
Carpooled	12.9%	6.6%
Public transit	0.9%	1.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	14.0%
Other means	2.3%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Hemet	Woodcrest
1-unit, detached	84.1%	87.9%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	East Hemet	Woodcrest
Poverty rate	18.3%	7.1%
Average household size	3.60	3.62
Mean commute (minutes)	36	35
Median year structure built	1975	1984