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Temecula vs Murrieta

Temecula, CA compared with Murrieta, CA · 7 miles apart

Temecula has 114,865 residents to Murrieta’s 114,124. Temecula comes out ahead on median household income, median rent, average commute. Murrieta does better on homeownership, poverty rate.

Temecula, CA Murrieta, CA
Population 114,865 114,124
Density (per sq mi) 3,091 3,224
Median household income $121,063 $114,081
Median home value $679,700 $639,800
Median rent $2,347 $2,388
Homeownership 68% 69.5%
Average commute 36.3 min 37.4 min
Median age 36.7 36.6
Bachelor's degree + 38.8% 32.6%
Poverty rate 7.3% 5.4%
Unemployment 5.7% 6.8%
Price to income 5.6× 5.6×

Highlighted where one city is clearly better on that measure. Population, density, home value and median age carry no highlight — a higher number there is good or bad depending on what you want.

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