Moreno Valley vs Riverside

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

Moreno Valley 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 210,378 in Moreno Valley). Riverside has the higher median household income ($88,575 vs $87,477 in Moreno Valley). Riverside has the higher median home value ($542,100 vs $461,400 in Moreno Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Moreno Valley	Riverside
Population	210,378	316,241
Median age	32.1 yrs	33.1 yrs
Median household income	$87,477	$88,575
Median home value	$461,400	$542,100
Median gross rent	$2,036	$1,812
Housing units	56,654	97,105
Homeownership rate	62.8%	56.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moreno Valley	Riverside
Population	207,289 → 210,378 (+1.5%)	326,414 → 316,241 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$66,134 → $87,477 (+32.3%)	$69,045 → $88,575 (+28.3%)
Median home value	$312,000 → $461,400 (+47.9%)	$365,300 → $542,100 (+48.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,494 → $2,036 (+36.3%)	$1,378 → $1,812 (+31.5%)

Moreno Valley

Population

207,289210,378

Median household income

$66,134$87,477

Median home value

$312,000$461,400

Median gross rent

$1,494$2,036

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)

	Moreno Valley	Riverside
Under 5	6.3%	5.6%
5 to 17	20.7%	17.7%
18 to 24	10.8%	13.8%
25 to 34	16.6%	15.6%
35 to 44	13.5%	13.7%
45 to 54	12.3%	11.6%
55 to 64	10.1%	10.3%
65 to 74	6.6%	7.3%
75 and over	3.0%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moreno Valley	Riverside
White (non-Hispanic)	14.0%	27.4%
Black or African American	17.1%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	5.4%	8.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.3%
Some other race	0.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	59.7%	54.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moreno Valley	Riverside
No high school diploma	20.1%	16.9%
High school graduate	30.6%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moreno Valley	Riverside
Drove alone	76.4%	74.7%
Carpooled	13.9%	10.3%
Public transit	0.7%	1.5%
Walked	0.7%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.7%
Worked from home	7.2%	9.3%
Other means	0.9%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moreno Valley	Riverside
1-unit, detached	77.9%	64.2%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	11.3%
20 or more units	5.1%	11.6%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Moreno Valley	Riverside
Poverty rate	11.8%	12.5%
Average household size	3.82	3.27
Mean commute (minutes)	35	32
Median year structure built	1988	1976