Menifee vs Murrieta

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

Menifee 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 107,020 in Menifee). Murrieta has the higher median household income ($109,780 vs $89,183 in Menifee). Murrieta has the higher median home value ($606,900 vs $487,200 in Menifee).

Population, income & housing

	Menifee	Murrieta
Population	107,020	111,621
Median age	38.2 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$89,183	$109,780
Median home value	$487,200	$606,900
Median gross rent	$2,052	$2,330
Housing units	37,247	37,306
Homeownership rate	80.3%	69.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	31.8%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Menifee	Murrieta
Population	90,349 → 107,020 (+18.5%)	112,941 → 111,621 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$70,224 → $89,183 (+27.0%)	$90,535 → $109,780 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$334,600 → $487,200 (+45.6%)	$414,100 → $606,900 (+46.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,556 → $2,052 (+31.9%)	$1,761 → $2,330 (+32.3%)

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

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)

	Menifee	Murrieta
Under 5	6.7%	6.8%
5 to 17	18.7%	20.2%
18 to 24	6.7%	8.7%
25 to 34	13.6%	12.9%
35 to 44	13.6%	14.5%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.2%
55 to 64	11.9%	12.2%
65 to 74	9.7%	7.0%
75 and over	8.0%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Menifee	Murrieta
White (non-Hispanic)	40.8%	47.5%
Black or African American	6.8%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	6.4%	8.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.6%
Some other race	0.9%	1.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	39.0%	32.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Menifee	Murrieta
No high school diploma	11.3%	6.8%
High school graduate	26.1%	21.0%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Menifee	Murrieta
Drove alone	77.1%	73.6%
Carpooled	8.8%	8.5%
Public transit	0.2%	0.2%
Walked	0.6%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	12.9%	15.5%
Other means	0.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Menifee	Murrieta
1-unit, detached	84.3%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	8.2%
20 or more units	2.4%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Menifee	Murrieta
Poverty rate	9.6%	5.9%
Average household size	3.05	3.13
Mean commute (minutes)	42	37
Median year structure built	2001	2000