Lake Riverside vs Whitewater

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

Lake Riverside and Whitewater 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 1,254 in Whitewater). Lake Riverside has the higher median household income ($122,833 vs $76,974 in Whitewater). Lake Riverside has the higher median home value ($390,000 vs $273,600 in Whitewater).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Riverside	Whitewater
Population	1,445	1,254
Median age	39.8 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$122,833	$76,974
Median home value	$390,000	$273,600
Median gross rent	—	$1,201
Housing units	468	402
Homeownership rate	100.0%	83.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.6%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	16.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Riverside	Whitewater
Population	1,354 → 1,445 (+6.7%)	890 → 1,254 (+40.9%)
Median household income	$78,810 → $122,833 (+55.9%)	$39,653 → $76,974 (+94.1%)
Median home value	$327,700 → $390,000 (+19.0%)	$192,400 → $273,600 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,229 → $1,201 (-2.3%)

Lake Riverside

Population

1,3541,445

Median household income

$78,810$122,833

Median home value

$327,700$390,000

Whitewater

Population

8901,254

Median household income

$39,653$76,974

Median home value

$192,400$273,600

Median gross rent

$1,229$1,201

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Riverside	Whitewater
Under 5	1.8%	3.3%
5 to 17	19.4%	15.7%
18 to 24	7.3%	13.5%
25 to 34	16.6%	9.0%
35 to 44	9.8%	15.7%
45 to 54	8.0%	14.4%
55 to 64	13.8%	16.4%
65 to 74	17.9%	9.3%
75 and over	5.4%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Riverside	Whitewater
White (non-Hispanic)	56.3%	31.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.6%
Asian	1.5%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	25.2%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	17.0%	56.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Riverside	Whitewater
No high school diploma	9.1%	16.4%
High school graduate	29.8%	27.4%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Riverside	Whitewater
Drove alone	49.5%	72.1%
Carpooled	34.5%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.0%	16.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Riverside	Whitewater
1-unit, detached	73.3%	73.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.7%	24.6%

Poverty & households

	Lake Riverside	Whitewater
Poverty rate	3.2%	22.5%
Average household size	3.09	3.23
Mean commute (minutes)	47	32
Median year structure built	2001	2001