Murrieta vs Riverside

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

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

Riverside has the higher population (316,241 vs 111,621 in Murrieta). Murrieta has the higher median household income ($109,780 vs $88,575 in Riverside). Murrieta has the higher median home value ($606,900 vs $542,100 in Riverside).

Population, income & housing

	Murrieta	Riverside
Population	111,621	316,241
Median age	36.0 yrs	33.1 yrs
Median household income	$109,780	$88,575
Median home value	$606,900	$542,100
Median gross rent	$2,330	$1,812
Housing units	37,306	97,105
Homeownership rate	69.3%	56.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.8%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Murrieta	Riverside
Population	112,941 → 111,621 (-1.2%)	326,414 → 316,241 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$90,535 → $109,780 (+21.3%)	$69,045 → $88,575 (+28.3%)
Median home value	$414,100 → $606,900 (+46.6%)	$365,300 → $542,100 (+48.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,761 → $2,330 (+32.3%)	$1,378 → $1,812 (+31.5%)

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

Riverside

Population

326,414316,241

Median household income

$69,045$88,575

Median home value

$365,300$542,100

Median gross rent

$1,378$1,812

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Murrieta	Riverside
Under 5	6.8%	5.6%
5 to 17	20.2%	17.7%
18 to 24	8.7%	13.8%
25 to 34	12.9%	15.6%
35 to 44	14.5%	13.7%
45 to 54	12.2%	11.6%
55 to 64	12.2%	10.3%
65 to 74	7.0%	7.3%
75 and over	5.5%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Murrieta	Riverside
White (non-Hispanic)	47.5%	27.4%
Black or African American	4.8%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	8.0%	8.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.3%
Some other race	1.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.3%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	32.5%	54.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Murrieta	Riverside
No high school diploma	6.8%	16.9%
High school graduate	21.0%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Murrieta	Riverside
Drove alone	73.6%	74.7%
Carpooled	8.5%	10.3%
Public transit	0.2%	1.5%
Walked	1.1%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.7%
Worked from home	15.5%	9.3%
Other means	0.9%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Murrieta	Riverside
1-unit, detached	73.8%	64.2%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	11.3%
20 or more units	5.2%	11.6%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Murrieta	Riverside
Poverty rate	5.9%	12.5%
Average household size	3.13	3.27
Mean commute (minutes)	37	32
Median year structure built	2000	1976