Rialto vs San Bernardino

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

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

San Bernardino has the higher population (221,774 vs 103,866 in Rialto). Rialto has the higher median household income ($85,521 vs $63,988 in San Bernardino). Rialto has the higher median home value ($454,400 vs $384,900 in San Bernardino).

Population, income & housing

	Rialto	San Bernardino
Population	103,866	221,774
Median age	31.8 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$85,521	$63,988
Median home value	$454,400	$384,900
Median gross rent	$1,641	$1,433
Housing units	27,910	66,147
Homeownership rate	64.5%	48.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rialto	San Bernardino
Population	103,045 → 103,866 (+0.8%)	216,089 → 221,774 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$61,518 → $85,521 (+39.0%)	$45,834 → $63,988 (+39.6%)
Median home value	$313,400 → $454,400 (+45.0%)	$249,400 → $384,900 (+54.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,260 → $1,641 (+30.2%)	$1,059 → $1,433 (+35.3%)

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

San Bernardino

Population

216,089221,774

Median household income

$45,834$63,988

Median home value

$249,400$384,900

Median gross rent

$1,059$1,433

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rialto	San Bernardino
Under 5	6.2%	6.8%
5 to 17	21.2%	20.5%
18 to 24	10.7%	11.1%
25 to 34	16.2%	16.8%
35 to 44	14.0%	13.2%
45 to 54	11.7%	11.6%
55 to 64	9.7%	9.9%
65 to 74	6.7%	6.4%
75 and over	3.7%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rialto	San Bernardino
White (non-Hispanic)	8.7%	11.8%
Black or African American	12.3%	11.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	2.0%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.8%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	74.3%	69.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rialto	San Bernardino
No high school diploma	24.3%	26.2%
High school graduate	35.8%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rialto	San Bernardino
Drove alone	77.1%	76.6%
Carpooled	12.4%	12.9%
Public transit	1.2%	1.4%
Walked	0.8%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.6%	5.8%
Other means	1.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rialto	San Bernardino
1-unit, detached	68.0%	58.4%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	10.2%
20 or more units	9.3%	13.7%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Rialto	San Bernardino
Poverty rate	12.6%	19.5%
Average household size	3.84	3.39
Mean commute (minutes)	33	29
Median year structure built	1982	1973