Riverside is one of the most attractive larger cities for people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. This makes it a good place to live for young singles in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting their professional careers. Although Riverside is a large city, this demographic is significant enough that young professionals will find many others like themselves here, with really good opportunities for friendships, recreation, romance, and more.
One downside of living in Riverside is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Riverside, the average commute to work is 31.19 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
The percentage of people in Riverside who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 25.72% of adults in Riverside have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Riverside in 2022 was $33,716, which is lower middle income relative to California, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $134,864 for a family of four. However, Riverside contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Riverside is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Riverside home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Riverside, accounting for 54.61% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Riverside residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Riverside include German, English, Irish, Italian, and European.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Riverside's cultural character, accounting for 22.36% of the city’s population.
The most common language spoken in Riverside is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
