Wildomar highlight
Growing Inland Empire community
Wildomar, incorporated in 2008, sits in southwestern Riverside County within the Inland Empire, one of the nation's fastest-growing metropolitan regions.
Wildomar was incorporated as a city on July 1, 2008, emerging from unincorporated land in southwestern Riverside County. It was named for its founders: William Collier, Donald Graham, and Margaret Collier Graham, with the city combining "Wil," "do," and "mar" from their names. The city sits along Interstate 15, which bisects it and connects the Inland Empire to the broader region.
The Inland Empire, comprising Riverside and San Bernardino counties, has grown into the nation's 12th-largest metropolitan area with 4.6 million residents as of 2020. Between 2000 and 2010, the region added nearly a million new residents—a 30 percent increase—drawn by affordable housing relative to coastal California and the natural advantages of location and climate. Wildomar has grown substantially in this period; its population has more than doubled since the 2000 census, making it representative of the suburban expansion across southwestern Riverside County.
Growth in a new city brings the steady work of building homes, schools, and infrastructure to match rising populations. Families planning futures in such communities are building long-term: homes financed over decades, children in local schools, and financial stability that needs protecting. That is the foundation of life insurance planning: identifying what a household depends on and ensuring that loss of income would not upend those plans.