Hemet is home to 91,326 people in California. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 15% of adults. The population has risen by half since 2000, adding 32,514 people. Households here earn about 42% less than in California as a whole. There are 3,121 people per square mile. Getting to work takes 36 minutes on average.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $57,719, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 39.8
US median: 38.9
Less educated
15% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 177%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Hemet
What changed most since 1990
Median age56.7 → 39.8(−16.9 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
White share82.9% → 32.7%(−50.2 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Population36,094 → 91,326(+153%)US over the same years: +35%
Hemet's population equals 3.7% of Riverside County's. Its number of households without a car equals 8.8% of the county's. Its number of veterans equals 5.9% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)27.6%(1,786)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)14.7%(950)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era36.8%(2,387)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War6%(388)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1.2%(75)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 6,480 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Hemet, decade by decade
Hemet population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
36,094
$48,918
$217,686
9.2%
36.3
2000
58,812
$48,891
$127,334
10.8%
56.4
2010
78,657
$50,790
$225,280
12.8%
74.7
2020
89,833
$52,302
$258,164
13.7%
81.0
2024
91,326
$57,719
$352,200
15.5%
80.8
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
