Moving to Riverside, California
About Riverside, California

Riverside is a city in and the county seat of Riverside County, California, United States. It is named for its location beside the Santa Ana River. It had a population of 314,998 as of the 2020 census. It is the most populous city in the Inland Empire metropolitan area and Riverside County, the 12th-most populous city in California, and the 59th-most populous city in the United States. Along with San Bernardino, Riverside is a principal city in the nation's 13th-largest metropolitan statistical area; the Riverside–San Bernardino–Ontario had 4.6 million residents in 2020. Riverside is about 50 miles (80 km) southeast of downtown Los Angeles and is also part of the Greater Los Angeles area.
Riverside was founded in the early 1870s. It is the birthplace of the California citrus industry and home of the Mission Inn, the nation's largest Mission Revival Style building. It is also home to the Riverside National Cemetery and the Eastern Division of the Federal District Court for the Central District of California.
The University of California, Riverside, is in the northeastern part of the city. The university hosts the Riverside Sports Complex. Other attractions in Riverside include the Fox Performing Arts Center, Museum of Riverside, which houses exhibits and artifacts of local history, the California Museum of Photography, the California Citrus State Historic Park, Castle Park, and the Parent Washington Navel Orange Tree, the last of California's two original navel orange trees.
Gender
Gender | Riverside | California | Country |
---|---|---|---|
Female | 50.2% | 50.3% | 50.8% |
Male | 49.8% | 49.7% | 49.2% |
Gender
Household Income
Income | Riverside | California | Country |
---|---|---|---|
Less than $10,000 | 4.9% | 4.7% | 5.8% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 3.4% | 3.9% | 4.1% |
$15,000 to $24,999 | 7% | 6.9% | 8.5% |
$25,000 to $34,999 | 8% | 7.1% | 8.6% |
$35,000 to $49,999 | 11% | 10% | 12.0% |
$50,000 to $74,999 | 17.3% | 15.3% | 17.2% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 13.8% | 12.3% | 12.8% |
$100,000 to $149,999 | 19% | 17.1% | 15.6% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 8.2% | 9.4% | 7.1% |
$200,000 or more | 7.4% | 13.3% | 8.3% |
Education
Education | Riverside | California | Country |
---|---|---|---|
< 9th Grade | 8% | 8% | 5.0% |
9-12th Grade | 9% | 7% | 7.0% |
High School or GED | 27% | 20% | 27.0% |
Other College | 23% | 21% | 20.0% |
Associate's Degree | 8% | 8% | 9% |
Bachelor's Degree | 14% | 22% | 20.0% |
Master's Degree | 7% | 9% | 9.0% |
Professional Degree | 2% | 3% | 2.0% |
Doctorate Degree | 2% | 2% | 1.0% |
Household Income
Education
Race / Ethnicity
Ethnicity | Riverside | California | Country |
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White | 28.9% | 36.5% | 60.1% |
African American | 5.5% | 5.4% | 12.2% |
American Indian | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.6% |
Asian | 8.4% | 14.6% | 5.6% |
Hawaiian | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.2% |
Other | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% |
Multiracial | 2.8% | 3.4% | 2.8% |
Hispanic | 53.6% | 39.1% | 18.2% |
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