Menifee vs Moreno Valley

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

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

Moreno Valley has the higher population (210,378 vs 107,020 in Menifee). Menifee has the higher median household income ($89,183 vs $87,477 in Moreno Valley). Menifee has the higher median home value ($487,200 vs $461,400 in Moreno Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Menifee	Moreno Valley
Population	107,020	210,378
Median age	38.2 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	$89,183	$87,477
Median home value	$487,200	$461,400
Median gross rent	$2,052	$2,036
Housing units	37,247	56,654
Homeownership rate	80.3%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Menifee	Moreno Valley
Population	90,349 → 107,020 (+18.5%)	207,289 → 210,378 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$70,224 → $89,183 (+27.0%)	$66,134 → $87,477 (+32.3%)
Median home value	$334,600 → $487,200 (+45.6%)	$312,000 → $461,400 (+47.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,556 → $2,052 (+31.9%)	$1,494 → $2,036 (+36.3%)

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

Moreno Valley

Population

207,289210,378

Median household income

$66,134$87,477

Median home value

$312,000$461,400

Median gross rent

$1,494$2,036

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Menifee	Moreno Valley
Under 5	6.7%	6.3%
5 to 17	18.7%	20.7%
18 to 24	6.7%	10.8%
25 to 34	13.6%	16.6%
35 to 44	13.6%	13.5%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.3%
55 to 64	11.9%	10.1%
65 to 74	9.7%	6.6%
75 and over	8.0%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Menifee	Moreno Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	40.8%	14.0%
Black or African American	6.8%	17.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	6.4%	5.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.6%
Some other race	0.9%	0.6%
Two or more races	5.4%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	39.0%	59.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Menifee	Moreno Valley
No high school diploma	11.3%	20.1%
High school graduate	26.1%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Menifee	Moreno Valley
Drove alone	77.1%	76.4%
Carpooled	8.8%	13.9%
Public transit	0.2%	0.7%
Walked	0.6%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	12.9%	7.2%
Other means	0.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Menifee	Moreno Valley
1-unit, detached	84.3%	77.9%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	9.5%
20 or more units	2.4%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Menifee	Moreno Valley
Poverty rate	9.6%	11.8%
Average household size	3.05	3.82
Mean commute (minutes)	42	35
Median year structure built	2001	1988