Hemet vs Indio

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

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

Indio has the higher population (90,669 vs 90,646 in Hemet). Indio has the higher median household income ($78,709 vs $53,623 in Hemet). Indio has the higher median home value ($424,700 vs $314,200 in Hemet).

Population, income & housing

	Hemet	Indio
Population	90,646	90,669
Median age	39.7 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$53,623	$78,709
Median home value	$314,200	$424,700
Median gross rent	$1,432	$1,392
Housing units	34,908	36,815
Homeownership rate	63.1%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hemet	Indio
Population	84,542 → 90,646 (+7.2%)	89,469 → 90,669 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$39,726 → $53,623 (+35.0%)	$53,669 → $78,709 (+46.7%)
Median home value	$196,700 → $314,200 (+59.7%)	$281,400 → $424,700 (+50.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,096 → $1,432 (+30.7%)	$1,084 → $1,392 (+28.4%)

Hemet

Population

84,54290,646

Median household income

$39,726$53,623

Median home value

$196,700$314,200

Median gross rent

$1,096$1,432

Indio

Population

89,46990,669

Median household income

$53,669$78,709

Median home value

$281,400$424,700

Median gross rent

$1,084$1,392

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hemet	Indio
Under 5	6.1%	4.7%
5 to 17	17.3%	19.5%
18 to 24	7.5%	9.0%
25 to 34	13.0%	12.5%
35 to 44	11.8%	12.9%
45 to 54	10.2%	12.2%
55 to 64	12.2%	10.2%
65 to 74	10.7%	10.6%
75 and over	11.1%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hemet	Indio
White (non-Hispanic)	33.5%	24.0%
Black or African American	8.8%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.1%
Asian	3.4%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.6%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	49.4%	68.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hemet	Indio
No high school diploma	19.5%	24.6%
High school graduate	31.6%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hemet	Indio
Drove alone	74.1%	79.7%
Carpooled	13.9%	12.8%
Public transit	0.6%	0.2%
Walked	0.9%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	9.2%	5.0%
Other means	1.1%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hemet	Indio
1-unit, detached	52.8%	68.2%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	6.9%
20 or more units	7.9%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	24.3%	9.3%

Poverty & households

	Hemet	Indio
Poverty rate	16.0%	11.6%
Average household size	2.79	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	36	23
Median year structure built	1983	2000