Housing density: 1,323 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $570,044.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,905 (lower quartile is $1,579, upper quartile is over $2,000)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $3,465
Median gross rent in Murrieta, CA in 2022: over $2,000
Housing units in Murrieta with a mortgage: 19,469 (1,163 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 940 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 192
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $142,621
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $92,381
20,799 married couples with children.
6,977 single-parent households (1,787 men, 5,190 women).
73.6% of residents of Murrieta speak English at home.
17.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (74% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (86% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
5.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (51% speak English very well, 34% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
1.3% of residents speak other language at home (52% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
Foreign born population: 19,833 (17.4%)
(71.8% of them are naturalized citizens)
Percentage of workers working in this county: 78.0% Number of people working at home: 8,760 (16.7% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 132
5 to 9 minutes: 4,036
10 to 14 minutes: 5,289
15 to 19 minutes: 8,805
20 to 24 minutes: 5,033
25 to 29 minutes: 1,302
30 to 34 minutes: 2,422
35 to 39 minutes: 1,031
40 to 44 minutes: 1,315
45 to 59 minutes: 4,725
60 to 89 minutes: 7,435
90 or more minutes: 2,088
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 26,941 (69.6%)
Carpooled: 2,934 (7.6%)
Taxi: 280 (0.7%)
Bicycle: 110 (0.3%)
Walked: 412 (1.1%)
Worked at home: 8,760 (22.6%)
Unemployment by race in 2022
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
6.6%Males
6.8%Females
Unemployment rate for Black residents
3.3%Males
4.8%Females
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native residents
9.1%Males
3.6%Females
Unemployment rate for Asian residents
11.2%Males
5.7%Females
Unemployment rate for other race residents
6.4%Males
5.0%Females
Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
3.5%Males
8.3%Females
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
4.1%Males
3.5%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Murrieta, California
4,0002010 or later
3,3502000 to 2009
3,3541990 to 1999
8531980 to 1989
7031970 to 1979
1,342Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
English: 3,884 (6.9%)
German: 2,514 (4.5%)
Irish: 2,473 (4.4%)
American: 2,054 (3.6%)
Italian: 2,039 (3.6%)
European: 1,037 (1.8%)
Scottish: 751 (1.3%)
Syrian: 476 (0.8%)
French: 322 (0.6%)
Eastern European: 307 (0.5%)
Iranian: 300 (0.5%)
Dutch: 274 (0.5%)
Arab: 260 (0.5%)
Polish: 258 (0.5%)
Norwegian: 224 (0.4%)
Scotch-Irish: 204 (0.4%)
African: 202 (0.4%)
Swedish: 194 (0.3%)
French Canadian: 182 (0.3%)
Czech: 178 (0.3%)
Afghan: 173 (0.3%)
Russian: 170 (0.3%)
British: 165 (0.3%)
Canadian: 160 (0.3%)
Jordanian: 156 (0.3%)
Armenian: 120 (0.2%)
Portuguese: 91 (0.2%)
Somali: 80 (0.1%)
Slovak: 74 (0.1%)
Greek: 74 (0.1%)
Hungarian: 72 (0.1%)
Palestinian: 67 (0.1%)
Jamaican: 64 (0.1%)
Swiss: 64 (0.1%)
Romanian: 59 (0.1%)
Scandinavian: 59 (0.1%)
Egyptian: 52 (0.09%)
Finnish: 50 (0.09%)
Haitian: 49 (0.09%)
Lithuanian: 46 (0.08%)
South African: 40 (0.07%)
Lebanese: 34 (0.06%)
Australian: 24 (0.04%)
Croatian: 23 (0.04%)
Latvian: 21 (0.04%)
Nigerian: 20 (0.04%)
Yugoslavian: 20 (0.04%)
Austrian: 20 (0.04%)
Danish: 19 (0.03%)
Maltese: 15 (0.03%)
Serbian: 15 (0.03%)
Northern European: 14 (0.02%)
Guyanese: 9 (0.02%)
Turkish: 5 (0.01%)
Ghanaian: 4 (0.01%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Mexico
Murrieta:
37.5% (6,662)
California:
37.2% (3,881,193)
Philippines
Murrieta:
12.7% (2,259)
California:
7.8% (818,297)
Vietnam
Murrieta:
5.7% (1,016)
California:
4.9% (512,335)
Syria
Murrieta:
4.0% (713)
California:
0.3% (30,949)
Korea
Murrieta:
3.8% (683)
California:
3.0% (315,248)
England
Murrieta:
3.6% (631)
California:
0.6% (57,953)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Murrieta:
2.3% (403)
California:
6.6% (684,672)
El Salvador
Murrieta:
2.0% (361)
California:
4.2% (440,287)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 73,010
Other state: 19,917
Northeast: 3,397
Midwest: 4,686
South: 4,854
West: 6,980
87.1% of Murrieta residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 34.6% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 82.5% lived in California.
Murrieta:
87.1%
State average:
88.9%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 497
Nursery to 4th grade: 238
5th and 6th grade: 218
7th and 8th grade: 90
9th grade: 48
10th grade: 526
11th grade: 206
12th grade, no diploma: 1,127
High school graduate (or equivalency): 7,051
Less than 1 year of college: 3,105
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 5,423
Associate degree: 4,824
Bachelor's degree: 7,532
Master's degree: 2,400
Professional school degree: 973
Doctorate degree: 746
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 289
Nursery to 4th grade: 128
5th and 6th grade: 190
7th and 8th grade: 180
9th grade: 215
10th grade: 344
11th grade: 405
12th grade, no diploma: 516
High school graduate (or equivalency): 8,058
Less than 1 year of college: 3,742
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 7,300
Associate degree: 5,022
Bachelor's degree: 6,544
Master's degree: 3,208
Professional school degree: 507
Doctorate degree: 162
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 28,536
One, attached: 1,314
Two: 745
3 or 4: 1,170
5 to 9: 835
10 to 19: 1,203
20 to 49: 770
50 or more: 1,031
Mobile homes: 1,954
Median worth of mobile homes: $385,700
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 0.3%