Riverside vs Temecula

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

Riverside and Temecula 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 110,404 in Temecula). Temecula has the higher median household income ($117,840 vs $88,575 in Riverside). Temecula has the higher median home value ($640,400 vs $542,100 in Riverside).

Population, income & housing

	Riverside	Temecula
Population	316,241	110,404
Median age	33.1 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$88,575	$117,840
Median home value	$542,100	$640,400
Median gross rent	$1,812	$2,297
Housing units	97,105	36,866
Homeownership rate	56.3%	67.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.7%	39.2%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Riverside	Temecula
Population	326,414 → 316,241 (-3.1%)	113,381 → 110,404 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$69,045 → $88,575 (+28.3%)	$96,183 → $117,840 (+22.5%)
Median home value	$365,300 → $542,100 (+48.4%)	$444,800 → $640,400 (+44.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,378 → $1,812 (+31.5%)	$1,856 → $2,297 (+23.8%)

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

Temecula

Population

113,381110,404

Median household income

$96,183$117,840

Median home value

$444,800$640,400

Median gross rent

$1,856$2,297

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Riverside	Temecula
Under 5	5.6%	7.6%
5 to 17	17.7%	20.5%
18 to 24	13.8%	6.5%
25 to 34	15.6%	12.9%
35 to 44	13.7%	15.2%
45 to 54	11.6%	12.4%
55 to 64	10.3%	12.6%
65 to 74	7.3%	7.6%
75 and over	4.4%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Riverside	Temecula
White (non-Hispanic)	27.4%	49.2%
Black or African American	5.7%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	8.1%	11.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.3%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	54.6%	28.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Riverside	Temecula
No high school diploma	16.9%	6.6%
High school graduate	28.2%	18.1%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Riverside	Temecula
Drove alone	74.7%	71.6%
Carpooled	10.3%	8.0%
Public transit	1.5%	0.2%
Walked	2.4%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.1%
Worked from home	9.3%	17.6%
Other means	1.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Riverside	Temecula
1-unit, detached	64.2%	77.3%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	7.3%
20 or more units	11.6%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Riverside	Temecula
Poverty rate	12.5%	7.4%
Average household size	3.27	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	32	36
Median year structure built	1976	1998