Indio vs Murrieta

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

Indio 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 90,669 in Indio). Murrieta has the higher median household income ($109,780 vs $78,709 in Indio). Murrieta has the higher median home value ($606,900 vs $424,700 in Indio).

Population, income & housing

	Indio	Murrieta
Population	90,669	111,621
Median age	38.2 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$78,709	$109,780
Median home value	$424,700	$606,900
Median gross rent	$1,392	$2,330
Housing units	36,815	37,306
Homeownership rate	68.3%	69.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	31.8%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Indio	Murrieta
Population	89,469 → 90,669 (+1.3%)	112,941 → 111,621 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$53,669 → $78,709 (+46.7%)	$90,535 → $109,780 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$281,400 → $424,700 (+50.9%)	$414,100 → $606,900 (+46.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,084 → $1,392 (+28.4%)	$1,761 → $2,330 (+32.3%)

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

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)

	Indio	Murrieta
Under 5	4.7%	6.8%
5 to 17	19.5%	20.2%
18 to 24	9.0%	8.7%
25 to 34	12.5%	12.9%
35 to 44	12.9%	14.5%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.2%
55 to 64	10.2%	12.2%
65 to 74	10.6%	7.0%
75 and over	8.5%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Indio	Murrieta
White (non-Hispanic)	24.0%	47.5%
Black or African American	2.5%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	2.6%	8.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.6%
Some other race	0.1%	1.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	68.9%	32.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Indio	Murrieta
No high school diploma	24.6%	6.8%
High school graduate	27.6%	21.0%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Indio	Murrieta
Drove alone	79.7%	73.6%
Carpooled	12.8%	8.5%
Public transit	0.2%	0.2%
Walked	0.6%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.0%	15.5%
Other means	1.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Indio	Murrieta
1-unit, detached	68.2%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	8.2%
20 or more units	3.4%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	9.3%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Indio	Murrieta
Poverty rate	11.6%	5.9%
Average household size	2.89	3.13
Mean commute (minutes)	23	37
Median year structure built	2000	2000