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West · California · pop 320K

Riverside, CA

Fit score

Fair match

at the reference profile: one person earning $6,700/mo gross, default weights.

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After estimated taxes in CA, your $6,700/mo income nets about $5,131 — covering estimated essentials here (about $1,743 rent plus everyday costs incl. local sales tax) with roughly $595 left over.

Expect summer highs near 95°F, winter lows around 43°F, and about 277 sunny days a year.

Reported crime rates sit below most cities in this dataset.

Tradeoff: home prices run high relative to local incomes, so buying may take longer than elsewhere.

AFFORD 72HOUSIN 18JOBS 43SAFETY 74CLIMAT 94AMENIT 23

The Riverside fit print

Est. monthly cost

$4,536/mo

Typical rent

$2,050/mo

Home value ÷ income

7.4×

Score breakdown

Affordability
72
Housing
18
Jobs
43
Safety
74
Climate
94
Amenities
23

The data behind the score

Money (Census ACS · HUD)

Median gross rent
$1,730/mo
HUD fair market rent (2BR)
$2,050/mo
Median home value
$600,000
Median household income
$81,000
Population
320,000

Work (BLS)

Unemployment rate
5.0%
Job growth (1yr)
1.6%

Safety (FBI CDE, per 100k)

Violent crime rate
470
Property crime rate
2,300

Climate (NOAA normals)

Avg. summer high
95°F
Avg. winter low
43°F
Sunny days / year
277
Days ≥100°F by 2050 (air temp)
≈51/yr
Dangerous humid days by 2050 (feels-like)
≈16/yr
Unhealthy air days
≈95/yr
Annual rain
10"
Annual snow
0"

Community & access (approx.)

2024 county margin
R+2
Int'l airport
≈20 mi
Walkability
43/100
Disaster risk
80/100
Buying instead of renting? California's effective property tax runs about 0.75% of home value per year (≈$375/mo on the median $600,000 home). Our affordability score is rent-based, so this isn't double-counted.
A citywide number is an average. Rent, safety, and everything else vary block by block — treat these figures as a starting point and research specific neighborhoods before committing.

Data vintage: sample-approx-2024. Sources & methodology — this deployment is running the bundled sample dataset; figures are approximate.

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