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City in California

Riverside, CA

Riverside County

County seat of Riverside County, California, United States.

Population
323,757 (2024)
Density
3,990 / sq mi
Land area
81.1 sq mi
Water area
0.3 sq mi
Elevation
827 ft
Founded
1870
Coordinates
33.9381, -117.3932

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Photos of Riverside

  • Victoria Avenue south to Central Avenue

    3Kathleen3 · CC BY-SA 3.0

  • Victoria Avenue 1928 concrete bridge

    3Kathleen3 · CC BY-SA 3.0

  • Victoria Avenue 1928 concrete bridge from street view

    3Kathleen3 · CC BY-SA 3.0

  • Arch given by Friends of Victoria Avenue

    3Kathleen3 · CC BY-SA 3.0

  • Parent Washington Navel Orange Tree

    Riley Mayuga · CC BY-SA 3.0

  • Parent Washington Navel Orange Tree Sign

    Marvin Mayuga · CC BY-SA 3.0

  • Magnolia United Presbyterian Church

    Mimir557 · CC BY-SA 4.0

  • Parent Navel Orange Tree Riverside

    Eric T. Gunther · CC BY 3.0

Photos from Wikimedia Commons under free licenses; select a photo for its author and full license.

Climate

July average high
93°F
January average low
44°F
Annual rainfall
9.4 in
Annual snowfall
0.0 in
  1. 68° 44° Jan 2.3"
  2. 68° 45° Feb 2.4"
  3. 72° 47° Mar 1.2"
  4. 76° 50° Apr 0.6"
  5. 80° 55° May 0.2"
  6. 87° 59° Jun 0.0"
  7. 93° 64° Jul 0.1"
  8. 95° 65° Aug 0.0"
  9. 91° 62° Sep 0.1"
  10. 83° 55° Oct 0.3"
  11. 75° 47° Nov 0.6"
  12. 67° 43° Dec 1.5"

NOAA 1991–2020 normals from Riverside Muni Ap (4 km from the city center). Bars show average low to high temperature; the blue column is average rainfall.

How Riverside ranks

Local facts

Median household income
$88,575
Median rent
$1,812 / mo
Median home value
$542,100
Median age
33.1
Unemployment
6.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher
25.7%
Poverty rate
12.5%
Renter-occupied homes
43.7%

Public schools

Public schools located in the city, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Staffing figures describe resources, not school quality.

Public schools
83
Students enrolled
58,254
Students per teacher
22.5 : 1
Free or reduced-price lunch
75.4%
Charter schools
3.6%
School districts serving the city
7

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Districts: Riverside Unified, Alvord Unified, Riverside County Office Of Education, Ca Sch For The Deaf-Riverside (State Special Schl), Riverside County Office Of Education Rop

Health & wellbeing

CDC PLACES model-based estimates for adults (age-adjusted), not a count of diagnoses.

Adults with obesity
37.5%
No leisure-time physical activity
27.9%
Adults with diabetes
11.6%
Adults who smoke
12.0%
Frequent mental distress
18.1%
Sleeping under 7 hours
39.8%
Adults without health insurance
13.8%
Routine checkup in past year
70.6%

Parks, air & walkability

Residents within a 10-minute walk of a park
48.5%
Share of city that is parkland
8.0%
EPA walkability index (1-20)
12.6
Median air quality index (county)
80
Unhealthy air days (county)
109

Internet & commuting

Households with broadband
93.7%
Households with no internet
4.5%
Average commute
31.6 min
Work from home
9.3%
Commute by transit
1.5%
Commute on foot
2.4%
Commute by bike
0.7%

Natural hazard risk

FEMA rates Riverside County as very high overall for natural hazard risk, with 19 federally declared disasters in the past ten years.

  • Wildfire: very high
  • Riverine flooding: very high
  • Earthquake: very high
  • Landslide: relatively high

Data: © OpenStreetMap contributors, FEMA National Risk Index, U.S. Census Bureau ACS, CDC PLACES, NCES Common Core of Data, The Trust for Public Land ParkServe, EPA AirData, EPA Smart Location Database, NOAA Climate Normals, Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata

ZIP codes

  • 92501
  • 92503
  • 92504
  • 92505
  • 92506
  • 92507
  • 92508
  • 92521