Photo: User:Jstroudr · CC BY-SA 3.0At 8.0%, unemployment in Hemet is higher than in 88% of U.S. towns
About one in seven work in Hemet itself; outside it, San Jacinto draws the most (5%, 4 miles). The two grades for Hemet are C− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Measured by household income, Hemet is behind 77% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Hemet apart on work
No single place dominates Hemet’s commute
The biggest draw, San Jacinto, gets only 5% of working residents, and 53% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Hemet residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Hemet workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Hemet’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hemet is better than 22% of U.S. towns, #698 of 847 in California. Job access by car holds Hemet’s grade up (ahead of 59% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hemet could be anywhere from C− to C.
The towns that employ Hemet’s residents
Where Hemet clocks in
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The trip to work from Hemet: about 36 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hemet workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 29,750 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How many people are in Hemet by day
On a workday 28,702 residents head out to work, 4,075 work right here, and 14,662 people come in from elsewhere.
About 80,000 people are in Hemet on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.57 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Inside Hemet’s 18,737 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hemet, 2013 → 2023: 17,089 → 18,737. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hemet’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Hemet goes to work
About 28% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The commute in Hemet is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hemet is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns, #494 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 7.1% across California.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 33,609 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 80% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 23% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 76% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 9.0% of Hemet households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Hemet’s commuters take a bus or train.
Where Hemet sits among U.S. towns of 66,000 to 126,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Plymouth MN | 78,942 | $137K | 4.3% | 2.3% | 12% | A+ |
| 3 | Bethesda MD | 69,397 | $192K | 4.3% | 3.1% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Dublin CA | 71,602 | $214K | 4.5% | 3.8% | 6% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Berkeley CA | 121,911 | $108K | 17.3% | 5.6% | 21% | A |
| 29 | Mountain View CA | 85,438 | $190K | 6.0% | 3.7% | 16% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 445 | New Bedford MA | 101,834 | $57K | 20.6% | 8.3% | 31% | C− |
| 446 | Bowling Green KY | 78,505 | $49K | 25.6% | 4.9% | 57% | C− |
| 447 | Hemet CA | 93,649 | $58K | 14.9% | 8.0% | 12% | C− |
| 448 | Apple Valley CA | 75,247 | $70K | 16.6% | 7.5% | 15% | C− |
| 449 | Pharr TX | 80,830 | $53K | 27.6% | 7.2% | 20% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 471 | Albany GA | 66,907 | $47K | 27.5% | 11.2% | 51% | D |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Hemet, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Work in the towns next to Hemet
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hemet workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hemet | – | C− | B+ | 36 min | $57,719 |
| San Jacinto | 5% | C | B+ | 41 min | $80,647 |
| East Hemet | under 3% | C | B+ | 36 min | $82,096 |
| Sage | under 3% | B− | C+ | 40 min | $119,938 |
| Winchester | under 3% | B+ | C− | 46 min | $79,250 |
| Valle Vista | under 3% | C− | B | 38 min | $66,825 |
| Green Acres | under 3% | C+ | C | 44 min | $79,855 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to San Jacinto. Darker towns draw more of Hemet’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Hemet: questions
What is the median household income in Hemet?
$57,719 (±$3,362) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hemet?
14.9%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hemet?
36 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hemet work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Jacinto (5%, 4 mi), Riverside (5%, 27 mi), Los Angeles (5%, 84 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hemet walkable?
Hemet is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 12.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hemet without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. 23% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hemet, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hemet
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.