Hemet is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 92,368 people and 31 associated neighborhoods, Hemet is the 89th largest community in California.Hemet is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Hemet is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Hemet who work in office and administrative support (11.08%), sales jobs (9.37%), and management occupations (8.22%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.24% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. In Hemet, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.83 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. The citizens of Hemet are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 15.15% of adults in Hemet have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree The per capita income in Hemet in 2022 was $28,255, which is lower middle income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $113,020 for a family of four. However, Hemet contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Hemet is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Hemet home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Hemet, accounting for 49.39% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Hemet residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Hemet include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Scottish. Hemet also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 19.67%. The most common language spoken in Hemet is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
