Menifee has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 8% work in Menifee itself; outside it, Temecula draws the most (8%, 14 miles). 15,879 jobs are based in Menifee, against 39,803 working residents. The two grades for Menifee are B for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Menifee in brief
Menifee workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 42 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 322 hours of commuting, 100 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Menifee has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Menifee went from 8,988 in 2013 to 15,879 in 2023, +77%. The jobs ↓
No single place dominates Menifee’s commute
The biggest draw, Temecula, gets only 8% of working residents, and 51% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Menifee residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Menifee
65% of Menifee residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 46% of the jobs based in Menifee pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 92% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Menifee
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Menifee is better than 56% of U.S. towns, #443 of 847 in California. Household income holds Menifee’s grade up ($93,454, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (6.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Menifee could be anywhere from B− to B.
The trip to work from Menifee: about 42 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Menifee workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 39,893 commuters (the 14% 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.
What Menifee’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Menifee, 2013 → 2023: 8,988 → 15,879. 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 Menifee’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Out of Menifee to work: where people go
Where Menifee clocks in
8% of workers
8% 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.
How many people are in Menifee by day
On a workday 36,619 residents head out to work, 3,184 work right here, and 12,695 people come in from elsewhere.
About 95,000 people are in Menifee on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Short hops and long hauls from Menifee
About 27% 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.
In Menifee, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Menifee is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns, #660 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.9% 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 46,497 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 47% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 9% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 66% 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). 5.2% of Menifee households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Menifee’s commuters take a bus or train.
These are town averages; neighborhoods differ.
Ranked on jobs and income, Menifee is 196th among 353 U.S. towns of 83,000 to 160,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Jordan UT | 87,614 | $134K | 3.7% | 2.4% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Carmel IN | 105,634 | $142K | 3.9% | 2.7% | 23% | A+ |
| 3 | Clay Township IN | 104,932 | $142K | 3.9% | 2.7% | 23% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Berkeley CA | 121,911 | $108K | 17.3% | 5.6% | 21% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Mountain View CA | 85,438 | $190K | 6.0% | 3.7% | 16% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Livermore CA | 83,457 | $161K | 4.9% | 3.6% | 23% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 194 | Salinas CA | 159,134 | $92K | 13.6% | 4.7% | 39% | B |
| 195 | Federal Way WA | 99,729 | $87K | 13.0% | 5.4% | 10% | B |
| 196 | Menifee CA | 118,592 | $93K | 9.5% | 6.5% | 8% | B |
| 197 | Lynn MA | 104,236 | $75K | 13.8% | 5.0% | 16% | B |
| 198 | Worth Township IL | 148,514 | $78K | 11.1% | 6.7% | 14% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 353 | Macon-Bibb County GA | 157,556 | $51K | 24.7% | 8.1% | 53% | 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 Menifee, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Work next door: 11% of Menifee’s workers
The biggest share goes to Murrieta (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Menifee workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Menifee | – | B | B | 42 min | $93,454 |
| Perris | 3% | B− | A− | 37 min | $88,911 |
| Canyon Lake | under 3% | B+ | B− | 48 min | $126,926 |
| Lake Elsinore | 2% | B | B+ | 43 min | $101,888 |
| Wildomar | under 3% | B− | B | 38 min | $103,506 |
| Murrieta | 6% | B+ | B+ | 37 min | $114,081 |
| Romoland | under 3% | A+ | B | 47 min | $106,861 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Menifee’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 Menifee: questions
What is the median household income in Menifee?
$93,454 (±$4,473) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Menifee?
9.5%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Menifee?
42 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Menifee work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Temecula (8%, 14 mi), San Diego (8%, 60 mi), Murrieta (6%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Menifee walkable?
Menifee is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 9.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Menifee without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 9% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Menifee, from the people who make the trip.
More of Menifee
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.