Riverside County, California

Riverside County has a population of 2,478,600 and has grown 5.2% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $557,300, about 6.0 times the county's median household income of $93,074.

Home price
$557,300
Income
$93,074
Population
2,478,600
Unemployment
6.5%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$557,300county
Median gross rent$1,901county
Median year homes here were built1990county
Share of homes built before 198030.3%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile8.9%county
Share of homes that are vacant10.8%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented30.9%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use6.5%county
Typical monthly rent$2,591county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$2,201county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,777county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$2,912county
Home insurance / yr$1,616(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living142.3(statewide)
Median household income$93,074county
Family health premium / yr$24,143(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$21,945(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$5.593(statewide)
Poverty rate10.6%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home12.3%county
Unemployment rate6.5%county
Share of adults in the labor force61.2%county
Share of workers who are self-employed6.8%county
Share of workers employed by government15.8%county
Share of workers in the largest industry21.2%county
Economic output per resident$54,368county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.78%county
Top state income tax13.30%(statewide)
Capital gains tax13.30%(statewide)
Combined sales tax9.03%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time33.8 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service22 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport20147county
Miles to nearest general aviation field5.5 micounty
Airports with airline service located here1county
General aviation airfields located here12county
Passenger train stations and the railway network2county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station21 micounty
Households without a vehicle4.3%county
Traffic deaths27.1county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-1.8(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher25.6%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher83.5%county
Public schools in the county506county
Public school enrollment421757county
Students per full-time teacher22.9county
Free lunch eligible73.8%county
Elementary schools300county
Middle schools78county
High schools92county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above5county
Share of local colleges that are public50.0%county
Two-year institutions15county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution16 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians46county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county17county
Hospitals here with an emergency department15county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3county
Fine particulate matter14.8 µgcounty
Without health insurance7.7%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year20.4%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year16.8%county
Frequent mental distress16.2%county
No leisure-time physical activity24.2%county
Diagnosed diabetes11.3%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population2,478,600county
Land area in square miles7,209county
People per square mile of land344.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores382county
Convenience stores150county
Share living far from a food store27.9%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract12.6%county
Population change since 2020+5.2%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents3county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents0county
Median age37.0 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1824.1%county
Share of residents 65 and over15.4%county
Share of households that are one person19.6%county
Share of residents born outside the United States21.9%county
Second languages42.4%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls44.2%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents51county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents3county
Households that moved in55,018county
Households that moved away53,571county
Average income of arriving households$76,417county
Average income of departing households$71,222county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes11county
Housing units authorised in the latest year9,697county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings34.0%county
Violent crime rate486(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature70.3°Fcounty
Annual precipitation8.0 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy5.51 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F129 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing0 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 8bcounty
Frost-free days270 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMar 3county
Average first fall frostNov 28county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$164county
Electric utilities serving this county5county
Electricity price per kWh20.2¢county
Household electricity use537 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$20.81(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity22.8%county
Homes heated by utility gas70.0%county
Homes heated by propane3.3%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.1%county
Homes heated by wood0.4%county
Households with broadband93.6%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk99.9county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk55.7county
Landslide risk98.7county
Hail risk81.4county
Earthquake risk99.8county
Tornado risk86.7county
Tropical cyclone risk12.0county
Extreme heat risk98.5county
Winter weather risk66.8county
Strong wind risk52.7county
Wildfire risk100.0county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams1county
AHL teams based here1county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Riverside County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the California figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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