Hemet vs Murrieta

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

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

Murrieta has the higher population (111,621 vs 90,646 in Hemet). Murrieta has the higher median household income ($109,780 vs $53,623 in Hemet). Murrieta has the higher median home value ($606,900 vs $314,200 in Hemet).

Population, income & housing

	Hemet	Murrieta
Population	90,646	111,621
Median age	39.7 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$53,623	$109,780
Median home value	$314,200	$606,900
Median gross rent	$1,432	$2,330
Housing units	34,908	37,306
Homeownership rate	63.1%	69.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	31.8%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hemet	Murrieta
Population	84,542 → 90,646 (+7.2%)	112,941 → 111,621 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$39,726 → $53,623 (+35.0%)	$90,535 → $109,780 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$196,700 → $314,200 (+59.7%)	$414,100 → $606,900 (+46.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,096 → $1,432 (+30.7%)	$1,761 → $2,330 (+32.3%)

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

Murrieta

Population

112,941111,621

Median household income

$90,535$109,780

Median home value

$414,100$606,900

Median gross rent

$1,761$2,330

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hemet	Murrieta
Under 5	6.1%	6.8%
5 to 17	17.3%	20.2%
18 to 24	7.5%	8.7%
25 to 34	13.0%	12.9%
35 to 44	11.8%	14.5%
45 to 54	10.2%	12.2%
55 to 64	12.2%	12.2%
65 to 74	10.7%	7.0%
75 and over	11.1%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hemet	Murrieta
White (non-Hispanic)	33.5%	47.5%
Black or African American	8.8%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.3%
Asian	3.4%	8.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.6%
Some other race	0.4%	1.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	49.4%	32.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hemet	Murrieta
No high school diploma	19.5%	6.8%
High school graduate	31.6%	21.0%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hemet	Murrieta
Drove alone	74.1%	73.6%
Carpooled	13.9%	8.5%
Public transit	0.6%	0.2%
Walked	0.9%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	9.2%	15.5%
Other means	1.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hemet	Murrieta
1-unit, detached	52.8%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	8.2%
20 or more units	7.9%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	24.3%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Hemet	Murrieta
Poverty rate	16.0%	5.9%
Average household size	2.79	3.13
Mean commute (minutes)	36	37
Median year structure built	1983	2000