Norco vs Temescal Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Norco and Temescal Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Temescal Valley has the higher population (28,560 vs 25,211 in Norco). Norco has the higher median household income ($125,117 vs $119,647 in Temescal Valley). Norco has the higher median home value ($731,900 vs $648,200 in Temescal Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Norco	Temescal Valley
Population	25,211	28,560
Median age	41.0 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$125,117	$119,647
Median home value	$731,900	$648,200
Median gross rent	$1,893	$2,794
Housing units	7,046	9,178
Homeownership rate	81.8%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	31.8%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Norco	Temescal Valley
Population	26,670 → 25,211 (-5.5%)	27,630 → 28,560 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$102,817 → $125,117 (+21.7%)	$108,934 → $119,647 (+9.8%)
Median home value	$544,900 → $731,900 (+34.3%)	$453,600 → $648,200 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,892 → $1,893 (+0.1%)	$2,361 → $2,794 (+18.3%)

Norco

Population

26,67025,211

Median household income

$102,817$125,117

Median home value

$544,900$731,900

Median gross rent

$1,892$1,893

Temescal Valley

Population

27,63028,560

Median household income

$108,934$119,647

Median home value

$453,600$648,200

Median gross rent

$2,361$2,794

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Norco	Temescal Valley
Under 5	4.3%	7.3%
5 to 17	15.5%	17.9%
18 to 24	7.5%	7.6%
25 to 34	13.7%	13.2%
35 to 44	13.9%	11.5%
45 to 54	14.0%	15.3%
55 to 64	14.7%	11.2%
65 to 74	9.5%	9.1%
75 and over	6.8%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Norco	Temescal Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	49.4%	40.8%
Black or African American	2.6%	9.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	3.8%	11.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	40.3%	34.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Norco	Temescal Valley
No high school diploma	14.3%	6.1%
High school graduate	30.7%	21.1%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	40.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Norco	Temescal Valley
Drove alone	74.8%	75.3%
Carpooled	9.4%	7.0%
Public transit	0.3%	0.4%
Walked	1.6%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	12.0%	16.0%
Other means	1.6%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Norco	Temescal Valley
1-unit, detached	94.6%	94.1%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Norco	Temescal Valley
Poverty rate	5.7%	6.3%
Average household size	3.32	3.17
Mean commute (minutes)	34	43
Median year structure built	1974	2003