Lake Riverside vs Thermal

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Riverside and Thermal: population, income, housing, and more.

Lake Riverside and Thermal are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lake Riverside has the higher population (1,445 vs 1,420 in Thermal). Lake Riverside has the higher median home value ($390,000 vs $183,200 in Thermal).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Riverside	Thermal
Population	1,445	1,420
Median age	39.8 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$122,833	—
Median home value	$390,000	$183,200
Median gross rent	—	$922
Housing units	468	791
Homeownership rate	100.0%	61.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.6%	4.9%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Riverside	Thermal
Population	1,354 → 1,445 (+6.7%)	1,333 → 1,420 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$78,810 → $122,833 (+55.9%)	$30,433 → $14,500 (-52.4%)
Median home value	$327,700 → $390,000 (+19.0%)	$150,200 → $183,200 (+22.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$499 → $922 (+84.8%)

Lake Riverside

Population

1,3541,445

Median household income

$78,810$122,833

Median home value

$327,700$390,000

Thermal

Population

1,3331,420

Median household income

$30,433$14,500

Median home value

$150,200$183,200

Median gross rent

$499$922

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Riverside	Thermal
Under 5	1.8%	6.6%
5 to 17	19.4%	10.7%
18 to 24	7.3%	11.3%
25 to 34	16.6%	20.6%
35 to 44	9.8%	7.5%
45 to 54	8.0%	13.9%
55 to 64	13.8%	6.7%
65 to 74	17.9%	5.6%
75 and over	5.4%	17.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Riverside	Thermal
White (non-Hispanic)	56.3%	3.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	25.2%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	17.0%	93.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Riverside	Thermal
No high school diploma	9.1%	68.3%
High school graduate	29.8%	20.5%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	6.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Riverside	Thermal
Drove alone	49.5%	51.6%
Carpooled	34.5%	37.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.0%	0.9%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Riverside	Thermal
1-unit, detached	73.3%	40.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	26.7%	39.1%

Poverty & households

	Lake Riverside	Thermal
Poverty rate	3.2%	30.1%
Average household size	3.09	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	47	19
Median year structure built	2001	1977