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French Valley, California.

A community in Riverside County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Riverside County’s.

Living in French Valley, Riverside County, California

French Valley, in Riverside County, had 35,280 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $148,520 a year and half less, against $93,074 across Riverside County; 5% of its people live below the poverty line. 87% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 13% are rented. Unemployment in Riverside County was 6.2% in August 2026, and the county had 0.7% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then restaurants and hotels.

People 35,280 in the 2020 census; median age 33.7
Household income $148,520 the median, give or take $4,994 · Riverside County: $93,074
Unemployment 6.2% Riverside County, August 2026; 6.3% a year before
Homes 87% lived in by their owners; 13% rented
  • 11,675households
  • 38%of adults have a degree
  • 5%below the poverty line
  • 41 mintypical commute
  • 19%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care25%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment13%
  • Shops (retail)13%
  • Professional and business services10%
  • Manufacturing8%
  • Government8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Riverside County had 846,070 jobs in 2025, 0.7% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in February, 67° and 46°; warmest in August, 89° and 62° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° J F 67° 46° M A M J J A 89° 62° S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in February, 67° and 46°; warmest in August, 89° and 62° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° J F 67° 46° M A M J J A 89° 62° S O N D

Coldest in February, with highs near 67° and lows near 46°; warmest in August, with highs near 89° and lows near 62°. About 15 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Fallbrook Northeast weather station, 12 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in French Valley

  1. N&J HarvestingAgriculture production or harvesting crews263
  2. Coherent, Inc - MurrietaMirrors, optical, manufacturing165
  3. West Pak AvocadoFruit sorting, grading, and packing116
  4. Ikhana GroupAircraft conversions101
  5. Temecula Preparatory DistrictSchool district96FTE
  6. Frito-LayConfectionery merchant wholesalers92
  7. Temecula Valley Charter DistrictSchool district55FTE
  8. Statewide Landscape ServicesLandscape care and maintenance services20

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 6 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 757 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. WildfireVery high
  2. Inland floodingRelatively high
  3. Earthquakesrelatively high in parts of French ValleyRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in French Valley’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Riverside County.