Riverside County, California

2,478,600 people. The median home is worth $557,300 (typical California town: $596,900) and the median household earns $93,074.

Towns in Riverside County

Town	People	Median home	Income	Median age
Riverside	314,998	$584,800	$91,045	33.6
Moreno Valley	208,634	$503,700	$93,222	32.5
Corona	157,136	$700,700	$109,242	37.5
Murrieta	110,949	$639,800	$114,081	36.6
Temecula	110,003	$679,700	$121,063	36.7
Jurupa Valley	105,053	$574,600	$97,550	34.5
Menifee	102,527	$537,300	$93,454	38.1
Hemet	89,833	$352,200	$57,719	39.8
Indio	89,137	$458,400	$77,167	38.6
Perris	78,700	$474,700	$88,911	31.3
Lake Elsinore	70,265	$566,000	$101,888	33.7
Eastvale	69,757	$831,900	$160,069	36.8
San Jacinto	53,898	$433,700	$80,647	31.9
Beaumont	53,036	$503,500	$107,118	35.5
Cathedral City	51,493	$453,100	$73,572	41.1
Palm Desert	51,163	$542,000	$77,513	57.5
Palm Springs	44,575	$604,000	$73,119	58.5
Coachella	41,941	$367,600	$68,596	33.4
La Quinta	37,558	$661,600	$99,250	53.3
Wildomar	36,875	$552,400	$103,506	37.7
French Valley	35,280	$679,800	$148,520	33.7
Desert Hot Springs	32,512	$354,800	$52,761	34.5
Banning	29,505	$352,100	$61,764	42.1
Norco	26,316	$782,400	$127,566	40.3
Temescal Valley	26,232	$710,400	$122,051	40.1
Mead Valley	19,819	$446,200	$86,795	31.2
East Hemet	19,432	$419,700	$82,096	32.5
Blythe	18,317	$225,000	$56,625	38.3
Rancho Mirage	16,999	$807,200	$107,364	66.1
Valle Vista	16,194	$336,200	$66,825	35.1
Woodcrest	15,378	$786,300	$153,731	38.6
El Sobrante	14,039	$836,300	$165,682	40.4
Lakeland Village	12,364	$463,500	$85,748	30.8
Home Gardens	11,203	$538,700	$96,342	37.7
Canyon Lake	11,082	$699,600	$126,926	47.0
Calimesa	10,026	$446,300	$87,181	40.0
Good Hope	9,468	$391,700	$56,981	31.9
Bermuda Dunes	8,244	$596,300	$90,818	41.1
Mecca	8,219	$224,300	$48,312	32.3
Thousand Palms	7,967	$268,700	$77,000	36.8
Highgrove	7,515	$625,800	$114,125	30.9
Garnet	7,118	$267,900	$72,694	38.1
Homeland	6,772	$238,200	$60,404	32.9
Nuevo	6,733	$535,900	$112,857	32.6
Desert Palms	6,686	$567,400	$79,792	77.1
Cherry Valley	6,509	$408,000	$76,895	51.1
Lake Mathews	5,972	$760,900	$94,444	40.3
El Cerrito	5,058	$627,400	$108,882	35.7
Indian Wells	4,757	$1,078,200	$162,990	67.9
Oasis	4,468	$34,800	$38,769	26.4
Desert Edge	4,180	$76,300	$37,429	63.7
Idyllwild-Pine Cove	4,163	$532,400	$73,678	48.5
North Shore	3,585	$203,900	$51,795	33.7
Sage	3,370	$569,300	$119,938	46.5
Meadowbrook	3,142	$264,600	$56,212	34.4
Anza	3,075	$346,600	$83,558	35.7
Winchester	3,068	$493,500	$79,250	30.8
Green Acres	2,918	$325,900	$79,855	30.2
Thermal	2,676	$187,000	—	34.3
Coronita	2,639	$597,400	$111,932	38.8
Cabazon	2,629	$270,400	$48,704	31.5
Vista Santa Rosa	2,607	$427,700	$70,474	40.4

People and housing

	Riverside County	Typical California town
Median home value	$557,300	$596,900
Median rent	$1,901	$1,827
Median household income	$93,074	$91,557
Median age	37.0	40.2
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	27.7%
Below the poverty line	10.6%	10.3%

Jobs and pay

840,433 jobs in 2024, average pay $59,734 a year.

BLS QCEW 2024.

BLS LAUS via USDA ERS, annual averages.

Storms since 1996

NOAA recorded 2,458 storm events in Riverside County from 1996 to 2026, with 54 deaths.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database.

Federal disaster declarations

Riverside County has been included in 66 FEMA declarations since 1953.

Declared	Incident	Declaration
May 20, 2026	Fire	FM-5636: Bain Fire
September 11, 2024	Fire	FM-5538: Airport Fire
July 21, 2024	Fire	FM-5515: Hawarden Fire
November 21, 2023	Hurricane	DR-4750: Tropical Storm Hilary
January 9, 2023	Flood	EM-3591: Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, And Mudslides
September 6, 2022	Fire	FM-5451: Fairview Fire

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024; BLS QCEW and LAUS; NOAA Storm Events; FEMA OpenFEMA (not endorsed by FEMA).