City safety & data profile

TemeculaCA

Temecula, CA is a 110K-resident city in Riverside County with a median household income of $121,063.

Riverside County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Temecula, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Temecula has a population larger than 93% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $679,700, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

110K
Population (place)
Top 7%
By size
$121,063
Median income (place)
$679,700
Median home (place)
7.3%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Temecula

Temecula posts a median household income higher than 83% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Temecula area.

Top 17%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Temecula

Where Temecula income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$121,063 Top 17% higher than 83% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Temecula $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in CA

Population among 482 CA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Los Angeles is the largest CA city on this list; Alamo leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in CA

Median household income among the same 482-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Alamo posts the highest place-level median income in CA; Los Angeles is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Temecula, CA beyond the headline numbers

Temecula sits inside Riverside County, California, at roughly 33.49°N, -117.15°W. Population 110,003, $121,063 median household income. Median home value $679,700, median rent $2,347. Poverty rate 7.3%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Temecula, 4/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

At 7.3%, poverty in Temecula, CA runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

The median home in Temecula costs around 5.6 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

19.2% of Temecula workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.

Among the CDC measures on this page, coronary heart disease departs furthest from its peer median: 4.7% in Temecula, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,757 cities reporting that measure.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Temecula from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
110,003
Temecula · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$121,063
+35% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$679,700
+64% vs avg
Median Age (place)
36.7
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Riverside County): Temecula's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
2.5M+11%
Median Income
$93,074+65%
Median Home Value
$557,300+141%
Poverty Rate
10.6%-35%
Unemployment
6.5%-56%

Economics

Economics indicators for Temecula, CA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$2,347/mo
Poverty Rate
7.3% -41% vs avg
Unemployment 5.6%
Bachelor's Degree+ 38.8%
Work From Home 19.2%
Public Transit 0.3%

Population

White 54.5%
African American 5%
Asian 10.6%
Two or More Ethnicities 0.9%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
37%
Obesity
33%
High Blood Pressure
29.9%
Physical Inactivity
20.2%
Frequent Mental Distress
16.6%
Binge Drinking
15.9%
Frequent Physical Distress
12.2%
Current Asthma
9.8%
Current Smoking
9.8%
Diabetes
9.6%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 68.8%
Annual Checkup 72.6%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
6.8%
Coronary Heart Disease
4.7%
Stroke
2.6%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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Average Rating
4/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
TEMECULA VALLEY HOSPITAL
TEMECULA · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Temecula?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Temecula right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet CA-TEMECULA · Temecula

Temecula: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Temecula, CA? ▼
Temecula, CA has a population of 110,003 people, located in Riverside County, California.
What is the median household income in Temecula? ▼
The median household income in Temecula, CA is $121,063 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 7.3%.
What is the median home value in Temecula? ▼
The median home value in Temecula, CA is $679,700. Median rent is $2,347/month.
What are the top health concerns in Temecula? ▼
The top health indicators in Temecula include Short Sleep Duration (37%), Obesity (33%), High Blood Pressure (29.9%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Temecula? ▼
Temecula has 1 hospital with an average rating of 4/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Temecula? ▼
The median age in Temecula, CA is 36.7 years. 38.8% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Temecula, both outside California so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CA (7.3% here).

Scottsdale, AZ 7.3% Westminster, CO 7.3% Saint Charles, MO 7.3% Orland Park, IL 7.3%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CA ($121,063 here).

Somerset, NJ $121,028 League City, TX $121,099 Mansfield, TX $121,126 Kings Park, NY $121,136

Compare Temecula with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

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Using Temecula's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Temecula area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Temecula against California peers on any ranking lens. Explore California

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Riverside County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.