Apple Valley vs Rialto

A side-by-side comparison of Apple Valley and Rialto: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rialto has the higher population (103,866 vs 75,478 in Apple Valley). Rialto has the higher median household income ($85,521 vs $65,926 in Apple Valley). Rialto has the higher median home value ($454,400 vs $377,300 in Apple Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Apple Valley	Rialto
Population	75,478	103,866
Median age	35.5 yrs	31.8 yrs
Median household income	$65,926	$85,521
Median home value	$377,300	$454,400
Median gross rent	$1,373	$1,641
Housing units	25,748	27,910
Homeownership rate	69.3%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Apple Valley	Rialto
Population	72,726 → 75,478 (+3.8%)	103,045 → 103,866 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$54,527 → $65,926 (+20.9%)	$61,518 → $85,521 (+39.0%)
Median home value	$255,000 → $377,300 (+48.0%)	$313,400 → $454,400 (+45.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,060 → $1,373 (+29.5%)	$1,260 → $1,641 (+30.2%)

Apple Valley

Population

72,72675,478

Median household income

$54,527$65,926

Median home value

$255,000$377,300

Median gross rent

$1,060$1,373

Rialto

Population

103,045103,866

Median household income

$61,518$85,521

Median home value

$313,400$454,400

Median gross rent

$1,260$1,641

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Apple Valley	Rialto
Under 5	7.9%	6.2%
5 to 17	20.8%	21.2%
18 to 24	8.4%	10.7%
25 to 34	12.1%	16.2%
35 to 44	11.7%	14.0%
45 to 54	10.1%	11.7%
55 to 64	11.9%	9.7%
65 to 74	9.8%	6.7%
75 and over	7.2%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Apple Valley	Rialto
White (non-Hispanic)	44.2%	8.7%
Black or African American	7.2%	12.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	3.3%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.9%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	39.3%	74.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Apple Valley	Rialto
No high school diploma	13.0%	24.3%
High school graduate	28.8%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Apple Valley	Rialto
Drove alone	76.3%	77.1%
Carpooled	12.5%	12.4%
Public transit	0.4%	1.2%
Walked	0.6%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	8.6%	7.6%
Other means	1.6%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Apple Valley	Rialto
1-unit, detached	77.6%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	6.4%
20 or more units	0.9%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Apple Valley	Rialto
Poverty rate	17.2%	12.6%
Average household size	3.03	3.84
Mean commute (minutes)	41	33
Median year structure built	1987	1982