Moreno Valley vs Murrieta

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

Moreno Valley and Murrieta 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 111,621 in Murrieta). Murrieta has the higher median household income ($109,780 vs $87,477 in Moreno Valley). Murrieta has the higher median home value ($606,900 vs $461,400 in Moreno Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Moreno Valley	Murrieta
Population	210,378	111,621
Median age	32.1 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$87,477	$109,780
Median home value	$461,400	$606,900
Median gross rent	$2,036	$2,330
Housing units	56,654	37,306
Homeownership rate	62.8%	69.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	31.8%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moreno Valley	Murrieta
Population	207,289 → 210,378 (+1.5%)	112,941 → 111,621 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$66,134 → $87,477 (+32.3%)	$90,535 → $109,780 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$312,000 → $461,400 (+47.9%)	$414,100 → $606,900 (+46.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,494 → $2,036 (+36.3%)	$1,761 → $2,330 (+32.3%)

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

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)

	Moreno Valley	Murrieta
Under 5	6.3%	6.8%
5 to 17	20.7%	20.2%
18 to 24	10.8%	8.7%
25 to 34	16.6%	12.9%
35 to 44	13.5%	14.5%
45 to 54	12.3%	12.2%
55 to 64	10.1%	12.2%
65 to 74	6.6%	7.0%
75 and over	3.0%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moreno Valley	Murrieta
White (non-Hispanic)	14.0%	47.5%
Black or African American	17.1%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	5.4%	8.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.6%
Some other race	0.6%	1.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	59.7%	32.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moreno Valley	Murrieta
No high school diploma	20.1%	6.8%
High school graduate	30.6%	21.0%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moreno Valley	Murrieta
Drove alone	76.4%	73.6%
Carpooled	13.9%	8.5%
Public transit	0.7%	0.2%
Walked	0.7%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.2%	15.5%
Other means	0.9%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moreno Valley	Murrieta
1-unit, detached	77.9%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	8.2%
20 or more units	5.1%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Moreno Valley	Murrieta
Poverty rate	11.8%	5.9%
Average household size	3.82	3.13
Mean commute (minutes)	35	37
Median year structure built	1988	2000