Ceres vs Riverbank

A side-by-side comparison of Ceres and Riverbank: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ceres has the higher population (48,918 vs 24,881 in Riverbank). Riverbank has the higher median household income ($90,216 vs $76,862 in Ceres). Riverbank has the higher median home value ($442,300 vs $397,200 in Ceres).

Population, income & housing

	Ceres	Riverbank
Population	48,918	24,881
Median age	32.7 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$76,862	$90,216
Median home value	$397,200	$442,300
Median gross rent	$1,584	$1,527
Housing units	14,209	7,378
Homeownership rate	63.7%	68.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	10.4%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ceres	Riverbank
Population	48,214 → 48,918 (+1.5%)	24,482 → 24,881 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$58,667 → $76,862 (+31.0%)	$70,549 → $90,216 (+27.9%)
Median home value	$270,500 → $397,200 (+46.8%)	$294,200 → $442,300 (+50.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,192 → $1,584 (+32.9%)	$1,172 → $1,527 (+30.3%)

Ceres

Population

48,21448,918

Median household income

$58,667$76,862

Median home value

$270,500$397,200

Median gross rent

$1,192$1,584

Riverbank

Population

24,48224,881

Median household income

$70,549$90,216

Median home value

$294,200$442,300

Median gross rent

$1,172$1,527

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ceres	Riverbank
Under 5	7.0%	8.3%
5 to 17	21.5%	23.2%
18 to 24	9.8%	9.1%
25 to 34	15.1%	13.0%
35 to 44	14.4%	13.4%
45 to 54	10.2%	13.5%
55 to 64	10.5%	8.1%
65 to 74	7.1%	6.6%
75 and over	4.5%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ceres	Riverbank
White (non-Hispanic)	20.9%	31.0%
Black or African American	1.1%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.4%
Asian	9.5%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	65.6%	59.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ceres	Riverbank
No high school diploma	25.7%	19.6%
High school graduate	32.7%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ceres	Riverbank
Drove alone	82.7%	80.4%
Carpooled	11.7%	10.4%
Public transit	0.4%	0.4%
Walked	0.3%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	4.2%	6.4%
Other means	0.6%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ceres	Riverbank
1-unit, detached	77.3%	84.1%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	2.0%
20 or more units	6.1%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Ceres	Riverbank
Poverty rate	14.4%	13.9%
Average household size	3.51	3.39
Mean commute (minutes)	34	29
Median year structure built	1986	1996