Hemet vs Menifee

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

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

Menifee has the higher population (107,020 vs 90,646 in Hemet). Menifee has the higher median household income ($89,183 vs $53,623 in Hemet). Menifee has the higher median home value ($487,200 vs $314,200 in Hemet).

Population, income & housing

	Hemet	Menifee
Population	90,646	107,020
Median age	39.7 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$53,623	$89,183
Median home value	$314,200	$487,200
Median gross rent	$1,432	$2,052
Housing units	34,908	37,247
Homeownership rate	63.1%	80.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hemet	Menifee
Population	84,542 → 90,646 (+7.2%)	90,349 → 107,020 (+18.5%)
Median household income	$39,726 → $53,623 (+35.0%)	$70,224 → $89,183 (+27.0%)
Median home value	$196,700 → $314,200 (+59.7%)	$334,600 → $487,200 (+45.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,096 → $1,432 (+30.7%)	$1,556 → $2,052 (+31.9%)

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

Menifee

Population

90,349107,020

Median household income

$70,224$89,183

Median home value

$334,600$487,200

Median gross rent

$1,556$2,052

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hemet	Menifee
Under 5	6.1%	6.7%
5 to 17	17.3%	18.7%
18 to 24	7.5%	6.7%
25 to 34	13.0%	13.6%
35 to 44	11.8%	13.6%
45 to 54	10.2%	11.2%
55 to 64	12.2%	11.9%
65 to 74	10.7%	9.7%
75 and over	11.1%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hemet	Menifee
White (non-Hispanic)	33.5%	40.8%
Black or African American	8.8%	6.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.1%
Asian	3.4%	6.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.5%
Some other race	0.4%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.6%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	49.4%	39.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hemet	Menifee
No high school diploma	19.5%	11.3%
High school graduate	31.6%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hemet	Menifee
Drove alone	74.1%	77.1%
Carpooled	13.9%	8.8%
Public transit	0.6%	0.2%
Walked	0.9%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	12.9%
Other means	1.1%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hemet	Menifee
1-unit, detached	52.8%	84.3%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	1.8%
20 or more units	7.9%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	24.3%	7.4%

Poverty & households

	Hemet	Menifee
Poverty rate	16.0%	9.6%
Average household size	2.79	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	36	42
Median year structure built	1983	2001