Hemet vs Lake Elsinore

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

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

Hemet has the higher population (90,646 vs 71,516 in Lake Elsinore). Lake Elsinore has the higher median household income ($96,527 vs $53,623 in Hemet). Lake Elsinore has the higher median home value ($505,700 vs $314,200 in Hemet).

Population, income & housing

	Hemet	Lake Elsinore
Population	90,646	71,516
Median age	39.7 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$53,623	$96,527
Median home value	$314,200	$505,700
Median gross rent	$1,432	$1,915
Housing units	34,908	21,554
Homeownership rate	63.1%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hemet	Lake Elsinore
Population	84,542 → 90,646 (+7.2%)	65,817 → 71,516 (+8.7%)
Median household income	$39,726 → $53,623 (+35.0%)	$71,476 → $96,527 (+35.0%)
Median home value	$196,700 → $314,200 (+59.7%)	$352,600 → $505,700 (+43.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,096 → $1,432 (+30.7%)	$1,476 → $1,915 (+29.7%)

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

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)

	Hemet	Lake Elsinore
Under 5	6.1%	7.1%
5 to 17	17.3%	20.5%
18 to 24	7.5%	9.2%
25 to 34	13.0%	15.9%
35 to 44	11.8%	15.6%
45 to 54	10.2%	12.4%
55 to 64	12.2%	10.0%
65 to 74	10.7%	6.7%
75 and over	11.1%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hemet	Lake Elsinore
White (non-Hispanic)	33.5%	30.3%
Black or African American	8.8%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.1%
Asian	3.4%	6.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race	0.4%	1.1%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	49.4%	52.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hemet	Lake Elsinore
No high school diploma	19.5%	17.1%
High school graduate	31.6%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hemet	Lake Elsinore
Drove alone	74.1%	70.4%
Carpooled	13.9%	14.2%
Public transit	0.6%	0.2%
Walked	0.9%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	9.2%	11.8%
Other means	1.1%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hemet	Lake Elsinore
1-unit, detached	52.8%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	6.0%
20 or more units	7.9%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	24.3%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Hemet	Lake Elsinore
Poverty rate	16.0%	9.4%
Average household size	2.79	3.50
Mean commute (minutes)	36	42
Median year structure built	1983	2002