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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, clear days a year.

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×
Clear days a year 81 92
Days above 90°F 58 73

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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