Murrieta is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 44,350 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Murrieta is the 174th largest community in California.

Murrieta is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Murrieta is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Murrieta who work in sales jobs (16.72%), office and administrative support jobs (13.48%), and management occupations (10.58%).

In Murrieta, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 35.70 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

One notable thing about Murrieta is that if you need to go anywhere, you're going to have to drive. This is because Murrieta is primarily built for cars, and if you drive around you will notice that there are lots of shopping centers, parking lots, strip malls, and wide streets. Commuting to work is done by car: 97.6% of people use private automobiles to get to and from work. Sidewalks? Not so much. In fact, trying to walk in certain parts of town may be a dangerous enterprise.

The city of Murrieta is a decent size, but despite this, it doesn't have a viable public transit system that people can use to get to work.

Murrieta Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Murrieta is somewhat better educated than the 14.96% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 22.99% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Murrieta in 2000 was $23,290, which is upper middle income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $93,160 for a family of four. However, Murrieta contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Murrieta is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Murrieta home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Murrieta is White, followed by African-American. Murrieta also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 17.95% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Murrieta include German, Irish, English, Italian, and French.

The most common language spoken in Murrieta is English. Some people also speak Spanish.