Modesto vs Riverbank

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

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

Modesto has the higher population (218,614 vs 24,881 in Riverbank). Riverbank has the higher median household income ($90,216 vs $77,899 in Modesto). Riverbank has the higher median home value ($442,300 vs $415,600 in Modesto).

Population, income & housing

	Modesto	Riverbank
Population	218,614	24,881
Median age	35.4 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$77,899	$90,216
Median home value	$415,600	$442,300
Median gross rent	$1,609	$1,527
Housing units	75,525	7,378
Homeownership rate	58.4%	68.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Modesto	Riverbank
Population	212,616 → 218,614 (+2.8%)	24,482 → 24,881 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$59,287 → $77,899 (+31.4%)	$70,549 → $90,216 (+27.9%)
Median home value	$283,800 → $415,600 (+46.4%)	$294,200 → $442,300 (+50.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,176 → $1,609 (+36.8%)	$1,172 → $1,527 (+30.3%)

Modesto

Population

212,616218,614

Median household income

$59,287$77,899

Median home value

$283,800$415,600

Median gross rent

$1,176$1,609

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)

	Modesto	Riverbank
Under 5	6.9%	8.3%
5 to 17	19.4%	23.2%
18 to 24	8.2%	9.1%
25 to 34	15.1%	13.0%
35 to 44	13.1%	13.4%
45 to 54	11.9%	13.5%
55 to 64	11.1%	8.1%
65 to 74	8.7%	6.6%
75 and over	5.6%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Modesto	Riverbank
White (non-Hispanic)	39.0%	31.0%
Black or African American	4.3%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.4%
Asian	7.1%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.2%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	43.9%	59.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Modesto	Riverbank
No high school diploma	16.7%	19.6%
High school graduate	29.0%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Modesto	Riverbank
Drove alone	76.6%	80.4%
Carpooled	12.1%	10.4%
Public transit	1.1%	0.4%
Walked	1.2%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.3%	6.4%
Other means	1.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Modesto	Riverbank
1-unit, detached	71.5%	84.1%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	2.0%
20 or more units	7.5%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Modesto	Riverbank
Poverty rate	13.0%	13.9%
Average household size	2.98	3.39
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1978	1996