Riverbank vs Salida

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

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

Riverbank has the higher population (24,881 vs 14,457 in Salida). Salida has the higher median household income ($91,990 vs $90,216 in Riverbank). Salida has the higher median home value ($448,700 vs $442,300 in Riverbank).

Population, income & housing

	Riverbank	Salida
Population	24,881	14,457
Median age	32.9 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$90,216	$91,990
Median home value	$442,300	$448,700
Median gross rent	$1,527	$2,004
Housing units	7,378	4,337
Homeownership rate	68.6%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Riverbank	Salida
Population	24,482 → 24,881 (+1.6%)	14,229 → 14,457 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$70,549 → $90,216 (+27.9%)	$82,745 → $91,990 (+11.2%)
Median home value	$294,200 → $442,300 (+50.3%)	$301,700 → $448,700 (+48.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,172 → $1,527 (+30.3%)	$1,565 → $2,004 (+28.1%)

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

Salida

Population

14,22914,457

Median household income

$82,745$91,990

Median home value

$301,700$448,700

Median gross rent

$1,565$2,004

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Riverbank	Salida
Under 5	8.3%	6.0%
5 to 17	23.2%	16.4%
18 to 24	9.1%	11.2%
25 to 34	13.0%	18.0%
35 to 44	13.4%	12.1%
45 to 54	13.5%	11.8%
55 to 64	8.1%	12.5%
65 to 74	6.6%	7.2%
75 and over	4.8%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Riverbank	Salida
White (non-Hispanic)	31.0%	33.4%
Black or African American	1.6%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	4.9%	6.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.7%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	59.1%	53.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Riverbank	Salida
No high school diploma	19.6%	19.3%
High school graduate	29.5%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Riverbank	Salida
Drove alone	80.4%	84.8%
Carpooled	10.4%	9.6%
Public transit	0.4%	0.7%
Walked	1.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	4.2%
Other means	1.2%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Riverbank	Salida
1-unit, detached	84.1%	94.8%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	3.2%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Riverbank	Salida
Poverty rate	13.9%	9.5%
Average household size	3.39	3.31
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	1996	1993