Menifee vs Riverside

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

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

Riverside has the higher population (316,241 vs 107,020 in Menifee). Menifee has the higher median household income ($89,183 vs $88,575 in Riverside). Riverside has the higher median home value ($542,100 vs $487,200 in Menifee).

Population, income & housing

	Menifee	Riverside
Population	107,020	316,241
Median age	38.2 yrs	33.1 yrs
Median household income	$89,183	$88,575
Median home value	$487,200	$542,100
Median gross rent	$2,052	$1,812
Housing units	37,247	97,105
Homeownership rate	80.3%	56.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Menifee	Riverside
Population	90,349 → 107,020 (+18.5%)	326,414 → 316,241 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$70,224 → $89,183 (+27.0%)	$69,045 → $88,575 (+28.3%)
Median home value	$334,600 → $487,200 (+45.6%)	$365,300 → $542,100 (+48.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,556 → $2,052 (+31.9%)	$1,378 → $1,812 (+31.5%)

Menifee

Population

90,349107,020

Median household income

$70,224$89,183

Median home value

$334,600$487,200

Median gross rent

$1,556$2,052

Riverside

Population

326,414316,241

Median household income

$69,045$88,575

Median home value

$365,300$542,100

Median gross rent

$1,378$1,812

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Menifee	Riverside
Under 5	6.7%	5.6%
5 to 17	18.7%	17.7%
18 to 24	6.7%	13.8%
25 to 34	13.6%	15.6%
35 to 44	13.6%	13.7%
45 to 54	11.2%	11.6%
55 to 64	11.9%	10.3%
65 to 74	9.7%	7.3%
75 and over	8.0%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Menifee	Riverside
White (non-Hispanic)	40.8%	27.4%
Black or African American	6.8%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	6.4%	8.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.3%
Some other race	0.9%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.4%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	39.0%	54.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Menifee	Riverside
No high school diploma	11.3%	16.9%
High school graduate	26.1%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Menifee	Riverside
Drove alone	77.1%	74.7%
Carpooled	8.8%	10.3%
Public transit	0.2%	1.5%
Walked	0.6%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	12.9%	9.3%
Other means	0.4%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Menifee	Riverside
1-unit, detached	84.3%	64.2%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	11.3%
20 or more units	2.4%	11.6%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Menifee	Riverside
Poverty rate	9.6%	12.5%
Average household size	3.05	3.27
Mean commute (minutes)	42	32
Median year structure built	2001	1976