Riverbank vs Turlock

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

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

Turlock has the higher population (72,400 vs 24,881 in Riverbank). Riverbank has the higher median household income ($90,216 vs $79,807 in Turlock). Turlock has the higher median home value ($443,900 vs $442,300 in Riverbank).

Population, income & housing

	Riverbank	Turlock
Population	24,881	72,400
Median age	32.9 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$90,216	$79,807
Median home value	$442,300	$443,900
Median gross rent	$1,527	$1,498
Housing units	7,378	26,215
Homeownership rate	68.6%	56.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	26.6%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Riverbank	Turlock
Population	24,482 → 24,881 (+1.6%)	72,904 → 72,400 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$70,549 → $90,216 (+27.9%)	$59,681 → $79,807 (+33.7%)
Median home value	$294,200 → $442,300 (+50.3%)	$310,100 → $443,900 (+43.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,172 → $1,527 (+30.3%)	$1,123 → $1,498 (+33.4%)

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

Turlock

Population

72,90472,400

Median household income

$59,681$79,807

Median home value

$310,100$443,900

Median gross rent

$1,123$1,498

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Riverbank	Turlock
Under 5	8.3%	6.4%
5 to 17	23.2%	19.3%
18 to 24	9.1%	10.8%
25 to 34	13.0%	14.0%
35 to 44	13.4%	12.6%
45 to 54	13.5%	11.3%
55 to 64	8.1%	10.7%
65 to 74	6.6%	8.6%
75 and over	4.8%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Riverbank	Turlock
White (non-Hispanic)	31.0%	43.4%
Black or African American	1.6%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	4.9%	5.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.7%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	59.1%	43.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Riverbank	Turlock
No high school diploma	19.6%	18.3%
High school graduate	29.5%	23.0%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Riverbank	Turlock
Drove alone	80.4%	81.1%
Carpooled	10.4%	7.3%
Public transit	0.4%	0.5%
Walked	1.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	6.4%	6.8%
Other means	1.2%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Riverbank	Turlock
1-unit, detached	84.1%	67.9%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	7.2%
20 or more units	3.2%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Riverbank	Turlock
Poverty rate	13.9%	10.8%
Average household size	3.39	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	1996	1984