Hesperia vs Rialto

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

Hesperia 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 100,141 in Hesperia). Rialto has the higher median household income ($85,521 vs $68,971 in Hesperia). Rialto has the higher median home value ($454,400 vs $366,800 in Hesperia).

Population, income & housing

	Hesperia	Rialto
Population	100,141	103,866
Median age	32.9 yrs	31.8 yrs
Median household income	$68,971	$85,521
Median home value	$366,800	$454,400
Median gross rent	$1,566	$1,641
Housing units	30,495	27,910
Homeownership rate	65.8%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hesperia	Rialto
Population	94,203 → 100,141 (+6.3%)	103,045 → 103,866 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$53,561 → $68,971 (+28.8%)	$61,518 → $85,521 (+39.0%)
Median home value	$235,700 → $366,800 (+55.6%)	$313,400 → $454,400 (+45.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,199 → $1,566 (+30.6%)	$1,260 → $1,641 (+30.2%)

Hesperia

Population

94,203100,141

Median household income

$53,561$68,971

Median home value

$235,700$366,800

Median gross rent

$1,199$1,566

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)

	Hesperia	Rialto
Under 5	6.8%	6.2%
5 to 17	22.2%	21.2%
18 to 24	10.3%	10.7%
25 to 34	13.6%	16.2%
35 to 44	14.1%	14.0%
45 to 54	11.5%	11.7%
55 to 64	10.8%	9.7%
65 to 74	6.4%	6.7%
75 and over	4.3%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hesperia	Rialto
White (non-Hispanic)	29.9%	8.7%
Black or African American	4.5%	12.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.8%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	60.3%	74.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hesperia	Rialto
No high school diploma	22.6%	24.3%
High school graduate	33.2%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hesperia	Rialto
Drove alone	77.5%	77.1%
Carpooled	10.8%	12.4%
Public transit	0.2%	1.2%
Walked	1.1%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	8.7%	7.6%
Other means	1.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hesperia	Rialto
1-unit, detached	82.2%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	6.4%
20 or more units	3.8%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Hesperia	Rialto
Poverty rate	17.5%	12.6%
Average household size	3.42	3.84
Mean commute (minutes)	42	33
Median year structure built	1988	1982