Riverbank vs Waterford

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

Riverbank and Waterford 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 9,177 in Waterford). Riverbank has the higher median household income ($90,216 vs $73,092 in Waterford). Riverbank has the higher median home value ($442,300 vs $372,900 in Waterford).

Population, income & housing

	Riverbank	Waterford
Population	24,881	9,177
Median age	32.9 yrs	28.9 yrs
Median household income	$90,216	$73,092
Median home value	$442,300	$372,900
Median gross rent	$1,527	$1,567
Housing units	7,378	2,626
Homeownership rate	68.6%	53.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	8.1%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Riverbank	Waterford
Population	24,482 → 24,881 (+1.6%)	8,877 → 9,177 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$70,549 → $90,216 (+27.9%)	$58,904 → $73,092 (+24.1%)
Median home value	$294,200 → $442,300 (+50.3%)	$247,200 → $372,900 (+50.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,172 → $1,527 (+30.3%)	$1,112 → $1,567 (+40.9%)

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

Waterford

Population

8,8779,177

Median household income

$58,904$73,092

Median home value

$247,200$372,900

Median gross rent

$1,112$1,567

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Riverbank	Waterford
Under 5	8.3%	6.5%
5 to 17	23.2%	23.8%
18 to 24	9.1%	11.4%
25 to 34	13.0%	14.8%
35 to 44	13.4%	10.1%
45 to 54	13.5%	15.1%
55 to 64	8.1%	11.0%
65 to 74	6.6%	5.1%
75 and over	4.8%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Riverbank	Waterford
White (non-Hispanic)	31.0%	38.5%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	4.9%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	1.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	59.1%	54.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Riverbank	Waterford
No high school diploma	19.6%	29.8%
High school graduate	29.5%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	5.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Riverbank	Waterford
Drove alone	80.4%	73.1%
Carpooled	10.4%	20.9%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	4.7%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Riverbank	Waterford
1-unit, detached	84.1%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	2.4%
20 or more units	3.2%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Riverbank	Waterford
Poverty rate	13.9%	13.8%
Average household size	3.39	3.83
Mean commute (minutes)	29	29
Median year structure built	1996	1988