Hemet vs Jurupa Valley

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

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

Jurupa Valley has the higher population (106,244 vs 90,646 in Hemet). Jurupa Valley has the higher median household income ($96,190 vs $53,623 in Hemet). Jurupa Valley has the higher median home value ($538,700 vs $314,200 in Hemet).

Population, income & housing

	Hemet	Jurupa Valley
Population	90,646	106,244
Median age	39.7 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$53,623	$96,190
Median home value	$314,200	$538,700
Median gross rent	$1,432	$1,690
Housing units	34,908	28,415
Homeownership rate	63.1%	70.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hemet	Jurupa Valley
Population	84,542 → 90,646 (+7.2%)	105,653 → 106,244 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$39,726 → $53,623 (+35.0%)	$70,642 → $96,190 (+36.2%)
Median home value	$196,700 → $314,200 (+59.7%)	$363,000 → $538,700 (+48.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,096 → $1,432 (+30.7%)	$1,324 → $1,690 (+27.6%)

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

Jurupa Valley

Population

105,653106,244

Median household income

$70,642$96,190

Median home value

$363,000$538,700

Median gross rent

$1,324$1,690

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hemet	Jurupa Valley
Under 5	6.1%	6.4%
5 to 17	17.3%	19.6%
18 to 24	7.5%	10.0%
25 to 34	13.0%	15.7%
35 to 44	11.8%	13.7%
45 to 54	10.2%	11.9%
55 to 64	12.2%	11.3%
65 to 74	10.7%	6.8%
75 and over	11.1%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hemet	Jurupa Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	33.5%	18.3%
Black or African American	8.8%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.1%
Asian	3.4%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.6%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	49.4%	71.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hemet	Jurupa Valley
No high school diploma	19.5%	26.4%
High school graduate	31.6%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hemet	Jurupa Valley
Drove alone	74.1%	77.8%
Carpooled	13.9%	12.5%
Public transit	0.6%	0.7%
Walked	0.9%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	9.2%	6.9%
Other means	1.1%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hemet	Jurupa Valley
1-unit, detached	52.8%	79.6%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	4.9%
20 or more units	7.9%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	24.3%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Hemet	Jurupa Valley
Poverty rate	16.0%	11.6%
Average household size	2.79	3.88
Mean commute (minutes)	36	32
Median year structure built	1983	1980