† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupTemeculaCaliforniaUnited States
German11.6%6.8%12.5%
English10.7%6.3%9.5%
Irish9.3%5.9%9.4%
Italian5.3%3.4%4.8%
American4.7%2.8%5.3%
French2.1%1.3%1.6%
Scottish1.9%0.9%1.3%
Polish1.8%0.9%2.2%
Mexican24.9%32.3%11.3%
Salvadoran0.7%2.0%0.7%
Guatemalan0.6%1.3%0.5%
Puerto Rican0.4%0.6%1.8%
Spaniard0.3%0.3%—
Colombian0.2%0.3%0.4%
Spanish0.2%0.3%—
Cuban0.2%—0.7%
Filipino3.8%3.3%0.9%
Chinese1.7%3.9%1.3%
Asian Indian1.2%2.3%1.4%
Vietnamese1.2%1.7%0.6%
Korean0.6%1.2%0.4%
Japanese0.3%0.6%0.2%
Pakistani0.3%——
African American†4.5%4.4%9.9%
African0.3%0.3%0.5%
Nigerian0.2%—0.2%
Aztec3.7%0.3%—
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Temecula
California
United States
Median age
36.7
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
6.6%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
12.7%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Temecula
California
United States
Median household income
$121,063
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
7.3%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
38.8%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Temecula
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
26.3%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
15.5%
28.4%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.6%
3.4%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
1.5%
3.5%
1.1%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)
2.7%
2.1%
0.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Temecula
California
United States
Catholic
—
26.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
9.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
55.2%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Temecula, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−34.8%
2008
−15.9%
2012
−24.7%
2016
−17.5%
2020
−7.6%
2024
−10.3%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
43.5%Harris22,932
53.8%Trump28,380
2.7%
R+10.3
R+2.7
R+8.9
52,713
R
45.0%Biden24,667
52.6%Trump28,837
2.4%
R+7.6
D+9.9
R+12.1
54,809
R
38.2%Clinton15,784
55.7%Trump23,009
6.1%
R+17.5
D+7.3
R+19.6
41,333
R
36.4%Obama13,510
61.2%Romney22,689
2.4%
R+24.7
R+8.9
R+28.6
37,090
R
41.9%Obama14,221
57.8%McCain19,610
0.3%
R+15.9
D+18.9
R+23.2
33,930
R
32.3%Kerry10,162
67.1%Bush21,093
0.6%
R+34.8
—
R+32.3
31,454
Temecula's rapid suburban expansion since the 1990s drew large numbers of working- and middle-class homeowners from Los Angeles and Orange County, producing a voting pattern that consistently outperforms statewide Republican margins in presidential and congressional races.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 34.8 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 2.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 10.3 points.
A population of 111,167, a 49% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $121,063 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Murrieta and Clovis.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Temecula, California voted Republican by 10.3 points (R+10.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 52,713 votes cast, 22,932 went Democratic and 28,380 went Republican.
How many people live in Temecula, California?
Temecula, California has a population of 111,167 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Temecula, California?
Median household income in Temecula, California is $121,063 — above the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Temecula, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Temecula, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
