Rialto vs Upland

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

Rialto and Upland 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 78,940 in Upland). Upland has the higher median household income ($101,407 vs $85,521 in Rialto). Upland has the higher median home value ($688,800 vs $454,400 in Rialto).

Population, income & housing

	Rialto	Upland
Population	103,866	78,940
Median age	31.8 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$85,521	$101,407
Median home value	$454,400	$688,800
Median gross rent	$1,641	$1,976
Housing units	27,910	28,180
Homeownership rate	64.5%	56.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	35.7%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rialto	Upland
Population	103,045 → 103,866 (+0.8%)	76,596 → 78,940 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$61,518 → $85,521 (+39.0%)	$72,782 → $101,407 (+39.3%)
Median home value	$313,400 → $454,400 (+45.0%)	$525,700 → $688,800 (+31.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,260 → $1,641 (+30.2%)	$1,454 → $1,976 (+35.9%)

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

Upland

Population

76,59678,940

Median household income

$72,782$101,407

Median home value

$525,700$688,800

Median gross rent

$1,454$1,976

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rialto	Upland
Under 5	6.2%	5.5%
5 to 17	21.2%	16.1%
18 to 24	10.7%	9.2%
25 to 34	16.2%	15.8%
35 to 44	14.0%	13.5%
45 to 54	11.7%	13.2%
55 to 64	9.7%	11.7%
65 to 74	6.7%	8.5%
75 and over	3.7%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rialto	Upland
White (non-Hispanic)	8.7%	35.7%
Black or African American	12.3%	6.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	2.0%	9.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.8%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.7%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	74.3%	43.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rialto	Upland
No high school diploma	24.3%	9.5%
High school graduate	35.8%	22.2%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	13.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rialto	Upland
Drove alone	77.1%	71.9%
Carpooled	12.4%	10.1%
Public transit	1.2%	1.5%
Walked	0.8%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.5%
Worked from home	7.6%	12.3%
Other means	1.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rialto	Upland
1-unit, detached	68.0%	57.1%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	9.7%
20 or more units	9.3%	12.9%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Rialto	Upland
Poverty rate	12.6%	9.0%
Average household size	3.84	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	33	31
Median year structure built	1982	1978