Households in Lake Riverside have higher incomes than those in 91% of U.S. towns
Only 2% work in Lake Riverside; the top destination outside it is Temecula (12%, 19 miles). Below the poverty line: 1.3% of residents (California 12.0%). For jobs and income Lake Riverside is better than 71% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (D).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Lake Riverside: the figures worth knowing
Lake Riverside workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 57 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 437 hours of commuting, 215 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Lake Riverside is a place people come home to
There are 50 jobs based in Lake Riverside, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
37% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 348 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Lake Riverside’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Lake Riverside’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down. It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (9.6%) is left out: Lake Riverside’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Lake Riverside could be anywhere from B− to A−.
Each way, about 57 minutes from Lake Riverside
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 18.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lake Riverside workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 474 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The daily commute in and out of Lake Riverside
On a workday 340 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 42 people come in from elsewhere.
About 960 people are in Lake Riverside on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.
0.14 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
How far it is to work from Lake Riverside
About 37% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The places Lake Riverside commutes to
Where Lake Riverside clocks in
12% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Lake Riverside makes things: 52% of its jobs are in goods
50 jobs are based in Lake Riverside.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lake Riverside, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 50. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lake Riverside’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Driving is how Lake Riverside gets around
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 7.1% across California.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 545 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Lake Riverside households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lake Riverside’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Lake Riverside ranks: 778th of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Castle Hill CA | 1,026 | $250K | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Ladera CA | 1,297 | $236K | 1.5% | 10.7% | 1% | A+ |
| 16 | Acalanes Ridge CA | 1,006 | $181K | 1.5% | 7.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 776 | Lebanon WI | 1,629 | $79K | 3.6% | 3.5% | 1% | B+ |
| 777 | Saticoy CA | 1,518 | $86K | 8.8% | 12.4% | 1% | B+ |
| 778 | Lake Riverside CA | 1,262 | $129K | 1.3% | 9.6% | 2% | B+ |
| 779 | Erie IL | 1,484 | $83K | 3.0% | 4.1% | 11% | B+ |
| 780 | Yamhill OR | 1,220 | $114K | 8.4% | 1.4% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Lake Riverside, the top three, the last and three more from California.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Lake Riverside: questions
What is the median household income in Lake Riverside?
$128,636 (±$52,880) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lake Riverside?
1.3%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lake Riverside?
57 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lake Riverside work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Temecula (12%, 19 mi), Hemet (5%, 18 mi), Los Angeles (5%, 98 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lake Riverside walkable?
Lake Riverside is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lake Riverside without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lake Riverside, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lake Riverside
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.