Jurupa Valley vs Murrieta

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

Jurupa Valley 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 106,244 in Jurupa Valley). Murrieta has the higher median household income ($109,780 vs $96,190 in Jurupa Valley). Murrieta has the higher median home value ($606,900 vs $538,700 in Jurupa Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Jurupa Valley	Murrieta
Population	106,244	111,621
Median age	33.8 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$96,190	$109,780
Median home value	$538,700	$606,900
Median gross rent	$1,690	$2,330
Housing units	28,415	37,306
Homeownership rate	70.2%	69.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	31.8%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jurupa Valley	Murrieta
Population	105,653 → 106,244 (+0.6%)	112,941 → 111,621 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$70,642 → $96,190 (+36.2%)	$90,535 → $109,780 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$363,000 → $538,700 (+48.4%)	$414,100 → $606,900 (+46.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,324 → $1,690 (+27.6%)	$1,761 → $2,330 (+32.3%)

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

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)

	Jurupa Valley	Murrieta
Under 5	6.4%	6.8%
5 to 17	19.6%	20.2%
18 to 24	10.0%	8.7%
25 to 34	15.7%	12.9%
35 to 44	13.7%	14.5%
45 to 54	11.9%	12.2%
55 to 64	11.3%	12.2%
65 to 74	6.8%	7.0%
75 and over	4.5%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jurupa Valley	Murrieta
White (non-Hispanic)	18.3%	47.5%
Black or African American	3.7%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	4.9%	8.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.6%
Some other race	0.2%	1.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	71.4%	32.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jurupa Valley	Murrieta
No high school diploma	26.4%	6.8%
High school graduate	31.6%	21.0%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jurupa Valley	Murrieta
Drove alone	77.8%	73.6%
Carpooled	12.5%	8.5%
Public transit	0.7%	0.2%
Walked	0.6%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	6.9%	15.5%
Other means	1.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jurupa Valley	Murrieta
1-unit, detached	79.6%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	8.2%
20 or more units	5.0%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Jurupa Valley	Murrieta
Poverty rate	11.6%	5.9%
Average household size	3.88	3.13
Mean commute (minutes)	32	37
Median year structure built	1980	2000