Moreno Valley vs Temecula

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

Moreno Valley and Temecula 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 110,404 in Temecula). Temecula has the higher median household income ($117,840 vs $87,477 in Moreno Valley). Temecula has the higher median home value ($640,400 vs $461,400 in Moreno Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Moreno Valley	Temecula
Population	210,378	110,404
Median age	32.1 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$87,477	$117,840
Median home value	$461,400	$640,400
Median gross rent	$2,036	$2,297
Housing units	56,654	36,866
Homeownership rate	62.8%	67.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	39.2%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moreno Valley	Temecula
Population	207,289 → 210,378 (+1.5%)	113,381 → 110,404 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$66,134 → $87,477 (+32.3%)	$96,183 → $117,840 (+22.5%)
Median home value	$312,000 → $461,400 (+47.9%)	$444,800 → $640,400 (+44.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,494 → $2,036 (+36.3%)	$1,856 → $2,297 (+23.8%)

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

Temecula

Population

113,381110,404

Median household income

$96,183$117,840

Median home value

$444,800$640,400

Median gross rent

$1,856$2,297

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Moreno Valley	Temecula
Under 5	6.3%	7.6%
5 to 17	20.7%	20.5%
18 to 24	10.8%	6.5%
25 to 34	16.6%	12.9%
35 to 44	13.5%	15.2%
45 to 54	12.3%	12.4%
55 to 64	10.1%	12.6%
65 to 74	6.6%	7.6%
75 and over	3.0%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moreno Valley	Temecula
White (non-Hispanic)	14.0%	49.2%
Black or African American	17.1%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	5.4%	11.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.1%
Some other race	0.6%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.6%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	59.7%	28.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moreno Valley	Temecula
No high school diploma	20.1%	6.6%
High school graduate	30.6%	18.1%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moreno Valley	Temecula
Drove alone	76.4%	71.6%
Carpooled	13.9%	8.0%
Public transit	0.7%	0.2%
Walked	0.7%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.2%	17.6%
Other means	0.9%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moreno Valley	Temecula
1-unit, detached	77.9%	77.3%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	7.3%
20 or more units	5.1%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Moreno Valley	Temecula
Poverty rate	11.8%	7.4%
Average household size	3.82	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	35	36
Median year structure built	1988	1998