Lake Elsinore vs Perris

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

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

Perris has the higher population (79,349 vs 71,516 in Lake Elsinore). Lake Elsinore has the higher median household income ($96,527 vs $82,523 in Perris). Lake Elsinore has the higher median home value ($505,700 vs $431,900 in Perris).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Elsinore	Perris
Population	71,516	79,349
Median age	33.4 yrs	31.3 yrs
Median household income	$96,527	$82,523
Median home value	$505,700	$431,900
Median gross rent	$1,915	$1,791
Housing units	21,554	20,083
Homeownership rate	71.6%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.0%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Elsinore	Perris
Population	65,817 → 71,516 (+8.7%)	77,290 → 79,349 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$71,476 → $96,527 (+35.0%)	$63,829 → $82,523 (+29.3%)
Median home value	$352,600 → $505,700 (+43.4%)	$281,600 → $431,900 (+53.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,476 → $1,915 (+29.7%)	$1,422 → $1,791 (+25.9%)

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

Perris

Population

77,29079,349

Median household income

$63,829$82,523

Median home value

$281,600$431,900

Median gross rent

$1,422$1,791

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Elsinore	Perris
Under 5	7.1%	7.1%
5 to 17	20.5%	21.2%
18 to 24	9.2%	11.3%
25 to 34	15.9%	15.9%
35 to 44	15.6%	13.8%
45 to 54	12.4%	12.4%
55 to 64	10.0%	9.8%
65 to 74	6.7%	4.7%
75 and over	2.6%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Elsinore	Perris
White (non-Hispanic)	30.3%	7.7%
Black or African American	5.7%	8.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	6.7%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.6%
Some other race	1.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.2%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	52.8%	78.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Elsinore	Perris
No high school diploma	17.1%	29.1%
High school graduate	26.3%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Elsinore	Perris
Drove alone	70.4%	80.2%
Carpooled	14.2%	10.8%
Public transit	0.2%	1.1%
Walked	1.3%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	11.8%	4.5%
Other means	2.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Elsinore	Perris
1-unit, detached	79.5%	79.9%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	4.5%
20 or more units	3.0%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Lake Elsinore	Perris
Poverty rate	9.4%	11.9%
Average household size	3.50	4.08
Mean commute (minutes)	42	37
Median year structure built	2002	1999